I-Himalayas yiyona ndlela ephakeme kunazo zonke yezintaba zeplanethi yethu, evezwe eCentral naseNingizimu Asia futhi isendaweni yezizwe ezifana neChina, i-India, iBhutan, iPakistan neNepal. Kulolu chungechunge lwezintaba kunezintaba ezingu-109, ukuphakama kwazo kufinyelela ngaphezu kwamamitha ayizinkulungwane ezingu-7 ngaphezu kolwandle. Noma kunjalo, omunye wabo uyadlula konke. Ngakho-ke, sikhuluma ngenhla ephakeme kakhulu yezintaba ze-Himalaya.
Kuyini, ukuphakama okuphakeme kwe-Himalaya?
Intaba ephakeme kakhulu ye-Himalayas yiNtaba iJomolungma, noma i-Mount Everest. Ikhuphuka enyakatho yesigodi saseMahalangur-Khimal, intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke yeplanethi yethu, engafinyelelwa kuphela ngemva kokufika eChina . Ukuphakama kwalo kufinyelela ku-8848 m.
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IJomolungma yigama lentaba e-Tibetan, okusho ukuthi "Umama KaNkulunkulu Womhlaba". E-Nepalese, i-vertex izwakala njengeSagarmatha, ehunyushwa ngokuthi "Umama Wonkulunkulu". Everest, yaqanjwa ngokuthi uGeorge Everest, ososayensi waseBrithani-umcwaningi owayephethe inkonzo ye-geodetic ezindaweni eziseduze.
Ukuma kwesiphezulu esiphezulu se-Himalayas yeJomolungma yipiramidi engunxantathu, lapho umthambeka oseningizimu uhamba khona. Ngenxa yalokho, leyo ngxenye yentaba ayitholakali neze iqhwa.
Ukunqotshwa kwentaba ephakeme kakhulu ye-Himalaya
I-Chomolungma engenakuqhekeka sekuyisikhathi eside idonsela ukunakekelwa kwezintaba zeMhlaba. Kodwa-ke, ngeshwa, ngenxa yezimo ezimbi, ukushona kusekhona lapha - imibiko esemthethweni yokufa entabeni yayingaphezu kuka-200. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abantu abangaba ngu-3000 bakhuphuka ngempumelelo futhi behla eNtabeni i-Everest. Ukunyuka kokuqala komhlangano kwenzeka ngo-1953 eNepalese Ukuqothula uNorgay noNew Zealander Edmund Hillary ngosizo lwamadivayisi oksijini.
Manje ukunyuka kwa-Everest kwenziwa yizinhlangano ezikhethekile kumaqembu ezentengiselwano.
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