Uma uhambo oluya e-United States of America, khona-ke indawo yokuhambela kwakho kumele ibe eNingizimu Melika, lapho iningi lamanzi emhlabeni jikelele - Angel.
Ukuvulwa kwe-Angel Falls
Ukuze uthole ukuthi i-Angel Falls ivele kanjani, kubalulekile ukubuyela endabeni yohambo lukaJacob Crawford Einjel, obhekwa njengowokuthola i-Angel Falls.
Ekhulwini lama-30 leminyaka lama-20, uJakobe wayezikhethela ekufuneni i-ore negolide. Ngesikhathi esifanayo wahamba endizeni yakhe, ehamba ezindizeni ezindaweni ezilukhuni eNingizimu Melika. Ngesikhathi sokuqala wabona i-waterfall ngo-1933. Futhi ngo-1937 kuphela, kanye nabangane bakhe abathathu nomkakhe, banquma ukubuyela futhi eVenezuela ukuze bafunde ngokuningiliziwe mayelana nemvula yamanzi. Eqhubeka nohambo lwakhe eplanini yangasese, wazama ukufika phezulu kwentaba i-Auyantepuy. Kodwa-ke, inhlabathi yayithambile kangangokuba amasondo endluza ayenamathela, indiza yonakaliswa. Ngenxa yokufika okunzima okunjalo, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuyisebenzisa futhi uJames kanye nenkampani yakhe kwadingeka bahambe ngezinyawo ngezinyawo. Ukuhamba emhlathini kwathatha izinsuku eziyishumi nanye ngaphambi kokuba bafike emzaneni oseduzane.
Indaba yendlela yakhe yasakazeka emhlabeni wonke, futhi amanzi ebizwa ngamagama ahloniphekile (igama elithi Angel libizwa nge-Angel).
Kodwa-ke, ukukhulunywa kokuqala kwemvula ye-Angel kwenzeka esikhathini eside ngaphambi kokuthi uJames Angel eze kumbona. Ngo-1910 u-Ernesto Sanchez waqala ukuthola i-waterfall. Kodwa umphakathi awuzange ukhombise kahle uhambo lwakhe.
Ukuphakama okuphelele kwe-Angel Falls ngamamitha angu-979, ukuphakama kwedonsa okuqhubekayo kungamamitha angu-807.
Ukuphakama kwamanzi amanzi kukhulu kangangokuthi kuphela izinhlayiya ezincane zamanzi ezingena emhlabathini, okuba yintuthu. Ingxenye encane kunazo zonke ze-waterfall ifinyelela phansi kwentaba, lapho idala khona ichibi elincane, liwela emfuleni iChurun.
Uphi i-Angel Falls ephezulu kunazo zonke?
Imvula yamanzi e-Angel, indawo ebizwa ngokuthi amahlathi ashisayo aseVenezuela ensimini yeCanaima National Park, ingavakashelwa kuphela ngeqembu eliqeqeshiwe eliqondisiwe, ngoba likude.
Njengoba sisezweni laseCanaima National Park, imvula yamanzi ivela kwelinye lama-tepuy amakhulu (i-table table) ye-Auyantepuy, ehumusha ngokuthi "i-Devil's Mountain".
I-Angel Falls inezixhumanisi ezilandelayo: 5 degrees 58 imizuzu 3 imizuzwana enyakatho latitude kanye 62 degrees 32 imizuzu 8 imizuzwana entshonalanga longitude.
Ungafika ku-Angel Falls ngomoya noma ngesikebhe. Naphezu kokuthi uhambo olunjalo lithatha isikhathi esiningi ukudoba kunokuba nge-helicopter, odabula emahlathini ashisayo, ungayazi abakhileyo ehlane.
Amaqiniso anomdla mayelana ne-Angel Falls
Kuze kube ngu-2009, imvula yamanzi yaqanjwa ngokuthi uJames Einjel. UMongameli waseVenezuela u-Hugo Chavez wanquma ukubuyela emuva kwamanzi e-waterfall egameni layo langempela, njengoba amanzi aseM Venezuela futhi ekhona emahlathini amahlathi isikhathi eside ngaphambi kohambo luka-Einjel ezinyaweni zakhe. Esikhundleni se-Angel, imvula yamanzi yaziwa ngokuthi i-Kerepakupai meru, okusho ukuthi "imvula yamanzi ejulile" ngolimi lwePemon.
Ngo-1994, i-waterfall yayifakwe ohlwini lweMagugu Lomhlaba we-UNESCO.
Indiza ethi "Flamingo", eyayihlasela ingelosi yalethwa emnyuziyamu wezindiza edolobheni laseMaracay eminyakeni engu-33 kamuva. Emnyuziyamu kwabuyiselwa. Njengamanje, indiza ifakwe eduze nesikhumulo sezindiza yedolobha laseCiudad Bolivar.
I-Angel Falls ayiyona nje imvula enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kodwa futhi enye yezinhle kunazo zonke, kanye namadumile aseNiagara Falls neVictoria Falls. Ukuvakashela, uzohlale ukhumbula umqondo nobukhulu be-Angel Falls.