- Ubude obuphelele: 193 km
- Indawo yedamu : 3262 sq. M. km
E- Panama , kunemifula engaba ngu-500, kodwa okuyinhloko yi-Chagres umfula, ngenxa yamanzi okusebenza ngawo wonke iPanama Canal .
Amaqiniso anomdla mayelana nomfula
Amadamu amaningana afakwe endaweni ephakathi komfula. Omunye wabo wakhiwe ngo-1935 futhi ubizwa ngokuthi iMadden (iDamden Dam). Idlula echibini elifanayo iMadden Lake elinendawo yamamitha ayisishiyagalolunye angama-57. km. futhi ilawula ugesi owenziwe kanye nezikhukhula, kanye nokugqugquzela ukuhamba.
Enye ibhomu, eyakhiwa ngo-1912, yakha umthombo waseGagun endaweni engamamitha ayi-425 square. km. Itholakala ngemuva kokuhlangana kwePanama Canal noMfula weChares, umsebenzi wayo uhlobene nokusebenza kweziteshi zamandla kagesi kanye nokukhiya.
Ngo-1527, emlonyeni womfula ukuvikela abaqaphi, inqaba yaseSan Lorenzo yafakwa. Kusukela ezikhathini zomlando abanqobi be-conquistadors baye bathengisa izimpahla zabo ngeChares. Le ndlela yayithandwa kakhulu kuze kube sekhulwini le-XIX, itholakala ensimini ye-National Park Camino de Cruces yanamuhla.
Imvelaphi yayo ithatha echibini e-Cordilleras, futhi igeleza eya emadodeni aseMadden esiqondeni sempumalanga. Khona-ke umfula uphendukela eningizimu-ntshonalanga kuya eGamboa , bese uhlangana nePanama Canal, bese uya enyakatho eLwandle Gatun. Ngemuva kwalokho, uChagres uhlukanisa kusuka emgodini bese egeleza egcekeni laseCaribbean, hhayi kude neCape Limon.
Isibungu sinombalo omkhulu we-rapids, ngakho imikhumbi ingadlulela kuphela ezindaweni ezithile zomfula. Ngokuvamile, iChares iwumfula oyingqayizivele, ngoba, ngokungafani nemifula ye-isthmus, igeleza ukusuka empumalanga kuya entshonalanga futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ithola izimboni eziningi: Limpio, Piedras, Chico, Esperanza, Indio, San Juan naseBoqueron.
Emaphethelweni ogwini, kunomthi wokuqothulwa kwamahlathi njalo wehlathi, ngakho-ke izinga lemanzi liyanciphisa sonke isikhathi, okuyinto inkinga enkulu kakhulu. Ngenkathi yemvula, amachibi asezikhukhula kakhulu futhi avimbela ukukhiya , kuyilapho umhlabathi ovela emadwaleni aqhubekile uqoqa phansi.
Ukuvakasha nokuzijabulisa emfuleni
Ngo-1985, emaphethelweni eMfula iKhagres ePanama, kwase kuqalwe iChagres National Park , inhloso eyinhloko ukuvikelwa kwemvelo yendawo. Inqolobane yemvelo igxilisa ukunakwa kwezivakashi eziseduze nomuzi wasePanama . Lapha kuhlala amaNdiya esizwe sakwa- Amber-Vounaan , owake wafika lapha evela esifundazweni saseDarien. Ama-aborigines ahlala ezindaweni ezinamakholi ezakhiwe ngamagqabi asundu. Izivakashi zingazijwayeza amasiko nokuphila kwalaba bantu.
Futhi ePhakathini Kazwelonke kunezindlela ezimbili ezidumile ezazisetshenziswa yizakoloni esikhathini se-XVI leminyaka yokuthunyelwa kwama-Indian jewelry emazweni aseYurophu.
Abathandi be-rafting kuma-kayaks, ama-kayaks kanye nama-rafts bazokwazisa i-Chagres River, lapho kunamapayipi amaningi kanye ne-rapids. Abavakashi ikakhulukazi bakhetha umfudlana ophakathi kwe-Atlantic Ocean neLake Madden. Amanzi lapha awadaka kakhulu, ngenxa yehlathi elishisayo elizungeze ichibi, kodwa futhi alibonakali. Labo abangabheki okwedlulele, ungakwazi ukugibela ngokuphepha ngesikebhe ngokusebenzisa ama-mangrove groves noma emthunzini wemithi yesundu.
Isikhathi esihle sokuhamba emahlathini emagqumeni e-Chagres River kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-Ephreli. Kuhlelwe inamba enkulu yokuvakasha kokubona abadlali bezingokoqobo. Abathandi bokudilika bayoba nesayithi lapho umfula ugeleza khona ePanama Canal . Kulezi zindawo ungabona isitimela saseFrance esishonile, kanye nemishini ehlukahlukene kanye nezinto kusukela ekwakhiweni kwalesi sakhiwo.
Lo mfula ubhekwa njengenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni wethu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo impela imfihlakalo, naphezu komlando wayo ocebile nokubaluleka okukhulu okwamanje. Lapha bathuthela ingcebo engenakulinganiswa, imikhiqizo yokudla nezinye izimpahla. Inqolobane ibonile ukuhaha kwabantu nokuhlakanipha.
Ungafika kanjani ku-River Chagres?
Njengoba umfula ugeleza ngezifundazwe eziningana, ungathola lapha kusuka ezindaweni ezahlukene. Kungcono kakhulu ukufika lapha kusuka ePanama naseColon ngemoto, ibhasi noma ukuvakasha okuhleliwe.
Hamba uhambo oluya emfuleni iKhagres kuyadingeka nakanjani, ngoba yilo kuphela elizweni eliwela olwandle olulodwa ngesikhathi esisodwa.
