- Adilesi: Omusati, Namibie, Angola
- Msinkhu: 124 mamita
- Kutalika: 695 mamita
Kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Africa pa mtsinje wa Canene kuli mvula yamkuntho ya Ruacan, yomwe imatchedwa chuma cha Namibia . Sikuti ndi zokongoletsera za dera lino, komanso chimbudzi chachikulu chomwe chimayambitsa kukhalapo kwake pa nthaka ya Africa.
Geography ya Falls ya Ruacana
Malo okongoletsera okongola ameneĊµa ali pakati pa chipululu, pafupifupi 1 Km kuchokera kumtsinje waukulu wa Kunene. Mphepete mwa nyanja yonse ya Ruacan ili kuzungulira ndi zomera zamasamba, zomwe zimapindulitsa kwambiri ku Africa. Mu 17 km kuchokera kumeneko muli mzinda wodabwitsa kwambiri, umene ungakhoze kufika podutsa mtsinje.
Ruacana ndi mathithi akuluakulu komanso amphamvu kwambiri ku Africa. Ndi madzi okwanira, m'lifupi la mtsinje wa Kunene pano ukhoza kufika mamita 695, ndipo mitsinje yayikulu yamadzi - imagwa pansi kuchokera mamita 124 m.
Kugwiritsa ntchito mathithi a Ruacana
Chozizwitsa ichi chodabwitsa cha chilengedwe chiri pakati pa oasis. Pafupi ndi mathithi a Ruacana ku Namibia, anthu a Himba omwe akhala akukhalako akukhala kwa zaka zambiri. Anthu amtunduwu adakalibe njira ya moyo wa makolo awo. Ngakhale nyumba zawo zimamanga pa zipangizo zamakono zakale, pamene pakhomo la nyumbayo lakhala ndi mchere wambiri ndi dongo. Anthu a Himba amakhala okhaokha ndipo sagwiritsa ntchito phindu la chitukuko, posankha kuchita zoweta ng'ombe.
Kulima si ntchito yokha yomwe imachitika kumalo a Ruacana Falls. Chokwera pamwamba pa mtsinje ndi dziwe la madzi, chifukwa cha chilala mvula imakhala yowuma. Cholinga chachikulu cha HPP si magetsi okha. Amapereka anthu okhala kumwera kwa Angola ndi kumpoto kwa Namibia ndi kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe akuyenera kuthirira ulimi.
Zochitika za zokopa alendo
Malo osungirako magetsi pafupi ndi mathithi a Ruakana nthawi zambiri amachititsa mikangano yandale. Mu 1988, pamene nkhondo yapachiweniweni inkachitika m'dzikoli, dera ndi zipangizo za HPP zapanyanja zinaponyedwa ndi opanduka.
Kukaona mathithi a Ruacan ku Namibia akutsatira kuti:
- kuyamikira mphamvu ndi kukongola kwa chinthu chokongola ichi chachilengedwe;
- kuti adziwe chikhalidwe choyambirira ndi moyo wa anthu a Himba;
- Kuphunzira zomera ndi zinyama, zomwe zimatchuka pa gawo ili la Africa.
Kupita ku mathithi ayenera kukhala m'nyengo yamadzi yapamwamba, ndiko kuti, kuyambira pa January mpaka March. Mu April, pakubwera chilala, chifukwa cha bedi la mtsinje wa Kunene wauma, ndipo kuchokera ku mathithi a Ruakana pali mitsinje yochepa chabe.
Kodi mungapeze bwanji ku Ruacana Falls?
Kuganizira kukongola kwa chinthu ichi, muyenera kupita kumpoto kwa dzikoli. Madzi a Ruacana ali pamalire a Namibia ndi Angola mu 635 km kuchokera ku Windhoek . Kuchokera ku likulu, mungathe kufika kwa ilo pokhapokha pazonyamulira pamtunda, pagalimoto kapena pamsewu woona malo. Windhoek ndi Ruakana zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi misewu B1 ndi C35, zomwe zigawo zawo zimadutsa Angola. Mukawatsatila kumpoto chakumadzulo, mukhoza kudzipeza pa mathithi a Ruakana mutatha maola 13-14.