- Indawo: enyakatho-mpuma ye siqithi saseMadagascar
- Ubude: 525 km
- Umthombo: i-confluence yemilambo iZabu kunye ne-Amparikhibe
- I-Estuary: I- Mozambique Channel
- Ubukhulu ngaphezu kweselwandle: ngaphezu kwe-860 m
Umlambo waseBetsibuka eMadagascar ungowomzimba wamanzi omangalisayo wehlabathi kwaye uphawuleka ngokukodwa kwimbala yamanzi yangaphambili.
Indawo kunye nejografi yomlambo
UBabsibuka ngumlambo omkhulu eMadagascar kwaye ujikeleza ngasenyakatho-ntshona kweso siqithi. Ivela phakathi kweli lizwe, ngasenyakatho kwiphondo laseAntananarivo , kwi-confluence ye-Amparikhibe kunye neZabu imilambo. Ukuqhubela phambili iBetsibuka ihamba ukuya ngasenyakatho, idibanisa kwindawo ekuhlala kuyo iMaevatanana kunye nomlambo waseIkupa. Kwimizuzu engama-40 ezayo yomlambo ecaleni kwesiteshi kukho amachibi amancinci ambalwa. Emva koko kwisixeko saseMaruvuy, uMlambo waseBetsibuka uphambuka waya emanzini eBumbetuka Bay, apho udala khona i-delta. Ukusuka apha kunye neekhilomitha ezili-130 ukuya kuthi umlambo uphendule. Ekuphumeni kwisebe ngenye yezona zixeko ezisemaphandleni amakhulu eMadagascar - Mahadzanga .
Yintoni enomdla malunga nomlambo eBetsibuka?
Wonke unyaka ojikeleze imilambo yomlambo iBetsibuka unomthunzi obomvu obomvu okhumbuza ukugquma. Le meko ichazwa ngento yokuba emva kokusika amanrove kumanxweme omlambo kunye nokuhamba kwemifula yamanzi umhlaba waqala ukuhlamba, inkqubo yokuguguleka kwayo kunye nokuguqulwa kwayo ibe ngumbala webala lohlobo. Ekubeni inhlabathi kulezi ziqephu zinomthunzi obomvu, amanzi afumene umbala ohambelana nawo.
Ngenxa yokuchazwa kweentlekele zemvelo ukuze kuphephe ukufika kweemikhumbi yolwandle, amaziko echweba esixekweni saseMahadzanga ngo-1947 adluliselwe kwicala elingaphandle laseBetsibuki.
Ngenxa yokuba umlambo uyingxenye yesigxina sobude bawo, iBetsibuka isetyenziswa kakhulu kwiinjongo zoqoqosho nezorhwebo. Ukongezelela, ekufikeleleni okuphantsi kwalo mlambo kukho imimandla emikhulu yelayisi.
Indlela ehle kakhulu yokubona amanzi abomvu wegazi emlanjeni weBetsibuki kukuba uhambe uhambo njengenxalenye yeqela lohambo. Uninzi lweendwendwe eziqhelekileyo zaseMadagascar zinika enye yeendlela zokuhamba ukuya emanzini omlambo kunye nokuhlolwa kwamanye ama-rapids. Kwakhona, unokrazula imoto kwaye uhambe, umzekelo, kwi-confluence yeBetsibuki kunye ne-Ikupa okanye kwi-port yaseMakhadzang .