Ichibi elihle le-Emerald Lake
Ubuwazi ukuthi ngaphezu kwengxenye yamachibi omhlaba aseCanada?
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi emhlabeni wonke kunamachibi acishe abe yizigidi ezi-3 lapho ama-60% alawo machibi aseCanada.
Amachibi maningi kangangokuba amboza cishe amaphesenti angu-7,6 ebuso bezwe. Ichibi elijule kakhulu ezweni iGreat Slave Lake, elingamamitha angu-614 ukujula.
Phakathi kwamachibi alo amahle kakhulu, i-Emerald Lake ivelele, etholakala eYoho National Park, esifundazweni saseBritish Columbia, eCanada. Lingelona elikhulu kunawo wonke amachibi namachibi angama-61 aseYoho, futhi lingesinye sezivakashi eziphambili kuleli paki.
Okokuhlala kune-Emerald Lake Lodge, indawo yokuhlala esezingeni eliphezulu esemaphethelweni echibi, enikela ngendawo yokuhlala. Amasekethe we-5,2 km (3,2 miles) wemizila yokuhamba izintaba eya echibini ahleliwe, ingxenye yokuqala yawo itholakala ezihlalweni zabakhubazekile nabahamba ngezinyawo. Phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo, ukuqashwa kwezikebhe kuyatholakala, kanti ebusika, leli chibi liyindawo ethandwayo yokushushuluza eqhweni.
Ichibi lizungezwe izintaba zoMngcele kaMongameli, kanye neMount Burgess neWapta Mountain. Leli bheshi libamba iziphepho, lidale imvula ejwayelekile ehlobo kanye nokuwa okukhulu kweqhwa ebusika. Izihlahla ezitholakala lapha zivame kakhulu emahlathini aswakeme angaphakathi kweBritish Columbia, njengomsedari obomvu osentshonalanga, i-yew esentshonalanga, i-hemlock esentshonalanga, nephayini elimhlophe lasentshonalanga.
Ngenxa yokuphakama kwalo okukhulu, leli chibi liqhwa kusuka ngoNovemba kuya kuJuni. Umbala wamanzi oluluhlaza wamanzi, obangelwa i-limestone eyimpuphu, ubabazeka kakhulu ngoJulayi lapho iqhwa lincibilika ezintabeni ezizungezile.
Umuntu wokuqala waseYurophu owabeka iso echibini le-emerald wayengumqondisi uTom Wilson, owazithela phezu kwalo ngengozi ngo-1882. Uchungechunge lwamahhashi akhe lwaphunyuka, futhi kwaba ngesikhathi sokulandelwa lapho aqala khona ukungena esigodini. KwakunguWilson owanika leli chibi igama lalo ngenxa yombala walo ophawuleka kakhulu, obangelwa izinhlayiya ezinhle zenhlabathi, ezibizwa nangokuthi i-rock dust, elenga emanzini.