Ukuba unalo uhambo oluya eUnited States of America, ke indawo yohambo lwakho kufuneka ibe kunye neMzantsi Melika, apho inkulu yamanzi emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukuvulwa kweAngela Falls
Ukuze ufumene indlela i-Angel Falls ebonakala ngayo, kuyimfuneko ukubuyela kwibali lohambo lukaYames Crawford Einjel, obonwa ngokuba ngumfumbi we-Angel Falls.
Kwiminyaka yesithathu yeminyaka ye-20, uYakobi ekhethekileyo ekukhangela igolide kunye neadayimane. Ngelo xesha wahamba kwinqwelo yakhe, ejikelezayo kwiindawo ezinzima ukufikelela eMzantsi Melika. Ngethuba lokuqala wabona impompo ngo-1933. Kwaye ngowe-1937, kunye nabahlobo bakhe abathathu nomfazi, banquma ukubuyela kwakhona eVenezuela ukuze bafunde ngokubanzi inkcazo yamanzi. Ukuqhubela uhambo lwakhe kwi-plane yangasese, wazama ukuhlaya phezulu kwentaba yeAyantepuy. Nangona kunjalo, umhlaba wawuthambile kangangokuba iivili zendiza zazinamathela, indiza yonakaliswa. Ngenxa yokuhamba okunzima okunjalo, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuyisebenzisa kwaye uJames kunye nenkampani yakhe kwakufuneka ahambe kunye namahlathi emanzini. Ukuhamba ehlathini kwathatha iintsuku ezilishumi elinanye ngaphambi kokuba bafikelele kwidolophana elisondeleyo.
Ibali lehambo lwakhe lisasazeka kwihlabathi lonke, kwaye imvula yamanzi yayibizwa ngegama lakhe (igama elithi ingelosi libizwa ngokuba yingelosi).
Nangona kunjalo, ukukhankanywa kokuqala kwempompo yeNgelosi kwenzeka ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba uJames Angel eze kumbona. Ngo-1910 u-Ernesto Sanchez waqala ukufumanisa impompo yamanzi. Kodwa uluntu ke aluzange lubonise kakuhle uhambo lwakhe.
Ukuphakama komyinge weAngela Falls ngamamitha angama-979, ukuphakama kwehla eqhubekayo yi-807 metres.
Ukuphakama kwempompo kukhulu kangangokuthi kuphela iincinci ezincinane zamanzi ezifikelela emhlabathini, eziba ngumoya. Inxalenye encinci yamapompo ifinyelela kwisiseko seentaba, apho yakha iqula elincinane, idlula emlambo iChurun.
Uphi i-Angel's highestfall?
Ingxuma yamanzi yeAngel, indawo ekuthiwa yintlanganisela yamahlathi aseVenezuela kwintsimi yePaki yeSizwe yaseKhanaima, inokutyelelwa kuphela kunye neqela eliqeqeshwe likhokelo, kuba likude.
Ukuba kwintsimi yeCanaima National Park, impompo ivela kwelinye lezona zininzi ezinkulu (iintaba ze-Auyantepuy), eziguqulela ngokuthi "iNtaba kaMtyholi".
I-Angel Falls inezilungelelaniso ezilandelayo: ama-5 degrees 58 imizuzu 3 imizuzwana enyakatho ne-62 degrees 32 imizuzu 8 imizuzwana entshonalanga longitude.
Unokufika kwi-Angel Falls okanye ngomoya okanye ngesikebhe. Nangona ukuba uhambo olunjalo luthatha ixesha elide lokubhukuda kunokuba yi-helicopter, idlula ehlathini elitshisayo, ungaziwa ngabemi bentlango.
Inyaniso enomdla malunga neAngela Falls
Kuze kube ngu-2009, imvula yamanzi yaqanjwa ngoJames Einjel. UMongameli waseVenezuela uHugo Chavez wagqiba ekubeni abuyele imvula yamanzi kwigama layo loqobo, njengemvula yamanzi yaseVenezuela kwaye yayikho kumahlathi emvula ngaphambi kohambo luka-Einjel ukuya enyawo. Esikhundleni seNgelosi, imvula yamanzi yaziwa ngokuba yiKerepakupai meru, oku kuthetha "impumputhe ejulile" ngolwimi lwasePemon.
Ngowe-1994, impompo yayifakwe kwiLuhlu leMveli le-UNESCO.
Idiza elithi "Flamingo", elalikhupha iNgelosi yaziswa kwi-museum ye-aviation yomzi waseMaracay iminyaka engama-33 kamva. Kwimyuziyam yavuselelwa. Okwangoku, inqwelo-moya ifakwe kufuphi nesiqithi-moya kwisixeko saseCiudad Bolivar.
I-Angel Falls ayiyona nje impompo ephezulu kwihlabathi, kodwa enye yeyona nto intle kakhulu, kunye neName Falls Falls kunye neVictoria Falls. Ukutyelela, uya kuhlala ukhumbula umxholo nobukhulu be-Angel Falls.