Ngati mumakonda zachilengedwe komanso kufunafuna zodabwitsa zachilengedwe, ndiye kuti ulendo wopita ku Victoria Falls uyenera kukhala paulendo wanu. Mathithi ochititsa chidwi amenewa, omwe amadziwika kuti “utsi wa mabingu,” ali ndi mbiri yakale komanso yokongola mochititsa chidwi. Mphamvu zake ndi kukongola kwake kumapangitsa kuti likhale limodzi mwazinthu zodabwitsa kwambiri padziko lapansi pano.
Chodabwitsa Chobangula
Mukaimirira pamwamba pa chitundacho, n’kuyang’ana ku Victoria Falls, mumalandiridwa ndi mawu omveka ngati mabingu akutali. Mkokomo uwu wachititsa kuti atchulidwe kuti “utsi umene umagunda.” Kusakanikirana kwa nkhungu yokwera kuchokera pansi ndikutsikira pansi kuchokera pamwamba kumapangitsa kuti pakhale malo owoneka bwino kwambiri kotero kuti mawonekedwe amakhala ovuta.
Ukulu wa Chirengedwe
Mathithi a Victoria Falls amatulutsa chiwongolero chochititsa chidwi, chokongoletsedwa ndi nkhungu yonyezimira yomwe imatsagana nayo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti tchuthi cha safari kuno kukhala chosangalatsa kwambiri kuposa momwe mungaganizire!
Mathithi Aatali Kwambiri Padziko Lonse
Mathithi a Victoria Falls ndi amene amadziwika kuti ndi mathithi aakulu kwambiri mu Africa komanso padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo mathithi ake ndi mathithi ochititsa chidwi kwambiri amene amatuluka n’kupanga nsalu yotchinga kwambiri. Zimapereka mwayi wabwino woti muyambe ulendo wosaiwalika wa Victoria Falls.
Mathithiwa ali pa mtsinje wa Zambezi, ndipo amadutsa malire a Zimbabwe ndi Zambia, kumene mtsinjewu umadutsa ndipo pamapeto pake umaphatikizana ndi nyanja ya Indian Ocean kum'mawa. Madziwo amayenda motsatizanatsatizana, zomwe zimadziwika kuti zisumbu, asanalowe mu phompho lomwe lili pakati pawo.
Mathithi a Victoria Falls aatali mamita 1,700 (mamita 5,500) ndipo amadzitamandira m’lifupi mwake mamita 100 (mamita 330). Kutalika kwake kumasiyana pakati pa 35 metres ndi 108 metres (115 - 350 mapazi).
Madzi Akugwa Kwambiri Padziko Lonse Lapansi
Mathithi a Victoria Falls akutenga dzina la chinsalu chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse cha madzi ogwa. Chotalika pafupifupi mamita 100 m'lifupi ndi mamita 990 kutalika, chimakula modabwitsa makilomita 3.2 kutalika! Patsiku lopanda phokoso, phokoso lalikulu la zodabwitsa zachilengedwezi limamveka mpaka makilomita 20 kutali, nthawi zina limafanana ndi phokoso la ndege yomwe ikupita pamwamba.
Victoria Falls: Chilengedwe cha Gorge
Mathithi a Victoria Falls opangidwa ndi mtsinje wa Zambezi, amajambula njira yake kudutsa mumtsinje wa Zambezi Escarpment. Chomwe chimasiyanitsa Victoria Falls ndichakuti ndi amodzi mwa mathithi akulu akulu akulu padziko lapansi omwe amadziwika kuti ndi chochitika chimodzi, kutanthauza kuti adapangidwa nthawi imodzi m'malo mongochitika kangapo.
Chimene chimapangitsa kuti mathithi a Victoria Falls akhale apadera kwambiri n’chakuti mathithi ake ndi aakulu kwambiri kuposa mathithi onse mu Africa, ndipo kukula kwake ndi mamita 1,708 m’lifupi ndi mamita 108 m’litali. Mathithi achiwiri aakulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndi Kololo Creek Falls, omwe amatalika mamita 1,500 m'lifupi ndi mamita 66 m'litali.
Chodabwitsa Chodziwika Padziko Lonse
Mathithi a Victoria Falls atchuka padziko lonse lapansi ngati amodzi mwa mathithi odziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kukula kwake kwakukulu kwapangitsa kuti akhale amodzi mwa Zodabwitsa Zisanu ndi ziwiri Zachilengedwe Padziko Lonse . Kuphatikiza apo, ali ndi dzina la UNESCO World Heritage Site chifukwa cha kufunika kwake pa zokopa alendo komanso kufunika kwake m'deralo.
Mathithiwa ali pa Mtsinje wa Zambezi pakati pa Zambia ndi Zimbabwe (omwe kale anali Northern Rhodesia), mathithiwa amatalika makilomita awiri pamalo ake otakasuka, ndipo amaonetsa chidwi chochititsa chidwi kwambiri makamaka akakutidwa ndi chifunga chodabwitsa.
Pomaliza, mathithi a Victoria Falls ali ngati chizindikiro chapadziko lonse lapansi pakati pa mathithi, ndikudzitamandira mbiri yakale yomwe yathandizira kukongoletsa malo okopa alendo. Ngati ndinu munthu wokonda zachilengedwe, komwe mukupitako ndikotsimikizika kupitilira zomwe mumayembekezera.
Mfundo 10 Zosangalatsa Zokhudza Victoria Falls
- Mathithi a Victoria Falls amalemekezedwa ngati amodzi mwa Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
- Mathithiwa anawatengera dzina la Mfumukazi Victoria ya ku England.
- Ali pa mtsinje wa Zambezi, Victoria Falls amapanga malire a Zambia ndi Zimbabwe.
- Mathithiwa amatenga mtunda wochititsa chidwi wa makilomita 1.7 (1 mile) m’lifupi ndipo amatalika mamita 108 (354 mapazi) muutali, zomwe zimawapanga kukhala chitsamba chachikulu kwambiri chamadzi padziko lonse lapansi.
- Mathithiwa amadziwika ndi nkhungu, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimaganiziridwa molakwika ngati utsi, wotuluka pansi, wopangidwa ndi madzi otuluka.
- Kumaloko, mathithiwo amatchedwa “Mosi-oa-Tunya,” kutanthauza “utsi umene umagunda.”
- Mathithi a Victoria Falls ndi malo okhala nyama zakutchire zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo njovu, mikango, akambuku, ndi njati.
- Alendo angasangalale ndi kukwera bwato pa Mtsinje wa Zambezi, ndikupereka mvuu ndi ng’ona.
- Kopitako ndi malo otchuka ochitirako zochitika za adrenaline-pumping monga kulumpha bungee, white-water rafting, ndi zip-lining.
- Mathithiwa ali mkati mwa Victoria Falls National Park, yomwe imadziwika kuti ndi UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wolemba: Tatum-Lee Louw
