- Indawo: 8000 metre eemitha. km
Emngceleni wePanama kunye neColombia kukho intsimi eye yahlanganiswa ngamaxesha amaninzi kwiindawo zezona ndawo ziyingozi kwihlabathi-i-Darieni gap. Le ndawo yintsimi engakhiwanga yindoda, apho kungekho nto i-jungles engenakunqandwa kunye namanxuwa. Kuphela abavakhenkethi abanqabileyo banqwenela ukuwela le ntsimi kwiinqwelo zelizwe, ezithuthuthu okanye ngeenyawo.
IJografi yeDarien Blank
I-gari yeDarieni iphezu kwiphondo leDarien (ePanama) kunye neSebe leCoco (eColombia). Le ndawo iyaziwa ngenxa yeemvula ezinokungenakwenzeka kunye namahlathi ashushu anamahlathi. Indawo enjalo idala izimo ezingalunganga zokwakhiwa kwendlela. Ngona ndlela ede kunayo yonke yehlabathi, eyaziwa njengePan-American Highway, iyahlukana kwiDarien Gap.
Inxalenye esezantsi yeDarien gap ihlala yintlanzi yoMlambo waseAtrato. Idala indawo enezikhukhula ezinamanzi, ububanzi bayo bufikelela kuma-80 km. Engxenyeni esenyakatho yintsimi yiintaba zaseSerrania del Darien, iintlambo zazo zihlanganiswe ngamanqatha amaninzi emvula. Ingongoma ephakamileyo kwinqwelo yeentaba yi-Takarkun peak (1875 m).
Omnye wabokuqala ukudlula indawo yeDarieni yayingumphathi uGavin Thompson. Nguye owayekhokela ukuhamba kwemoto, leyo ngo-1972 eyadlulela ngempumelelo kule ndawo engenakuhlala kuyo. Ngokomsebenzi wegosa, ngexesha lohambo, amalungu enkqantosi kwakufuneka adlule ehlathini le-malaria elongqambileyo, apho kuyo yonke inyathelo yayinyoka enetyhefu kunye neentonga eziphuza igazi.
Iphafu yasePan-American kwiDarien Gap
Njengoko sele kuthethwe ngaye, umgwaqo omkhulu omkhulu wehlabathi, i-Pan-American Highway, uyaphula kwintsimi yeDarien gap. Ubude beli gaba liyi 87 km. Kwintsimi yasePanama, indlela iphela kwisixeko saseJavisa, naseColombia - kwisixeko saseChigorodo. Isayithi lomhlaba ophakathi kwezi zixeko zimbini ligcinwa kwiipaki zeSizwe zeParque zendalo yaseLos Katíos kunye neParque nacional Darién. Zombini iipaki ziindawo zeMveli yeNkcubeko yeNtshona ye-UNESCO.
Kule minyaka engama-45 edlulileyo, iinzame eziliqela zenzelwe ukudibanisa la macandelo e-Pan-American Highway, kodwa ngexesha ngalinye liphela ekuphelelweni. Isizathu salokhu sasisongelo lomonakalo omkhulu kwi-ecology yeDarien gap. Ngoko ke, ukuba ufumane ukusuka eColombia ukuya ePanama, abakhenkethi kufuneka basebenzise inkonzo yomkhumbi phakathi kwesixeko saseTurbo kunye nechweba lasePanama .
Ukutyelela kwintsimi yeDarien gap
Kufuneka u tyelele i-Darieni gap ePanama xa ufuna:
- uzive njengovulindlela welizwe elingachangekanga;
- ukuthatha inxaxheba kwibhayisikili, ukugijima ngesithuthuthu kunye nokuhamba kwiinqwelo zonke kwiindawo ezinzima;
- ukuze baqhelane nenkcubeko yabantu baseNdiya baseKwa neKoco abahlala kufuphi nale ntsimi;
- ukufundela iiflethi kunye nezilwane zale ndawo.
Kufuneka ukhumbule ukuba ukuhamba nge-Darien gap kungaba yingozi kakhulu, ngaphandle kwendawo endiyithandayo yamalungu eenqwelo zeenkunkuma. Uninzi lwabantu baseburhulumenteni basebenzisa le ntsimi njengenxalenye yokuthengiswa kweziyobisi.
Indlela yokufikelela kwiDarien gap?
Kwi-Darieni gap ungayifumana kwisixeko saseCiman, esise-500 km ukusuka ePanama, okanye kwisixeko saseChigorodo, esise-720 km ukusuka eBototá. Kwizi dolophu kufuneka zilahle izithuthi eziqhelekileyo kwaye zitshintshe kwizinto eziye zahlengahlengiswa kwiimeko ezingekho. Ukuze uwele umda weDarien ngezinyawo, kufuneka uchithe ubuncinane iintsuku ezingama-7.
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