I-Great Barrier Reef ingenye yeendlela ezinkulu zee-coral ezihlala emanxweme asentla ase- Australia kwi-Coral Sea. I-reef ilula ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezi-2.5 kwaye ihlanganisa indawo engama-3.5 yeekhilomitha zeekwere. Iqukethe izixhobo ezingama-2900 kunye nezinye iziqithi eziyi-900, ezibonakala ngokucacileyo nakwi-outer space.
Yintoni eyaziwayo kwi-Great Barrier Reef?
I-Great Coral Reef yinto eyona nto ibalulekileyo eyenziwa ngabantu abaphilayo. Yenziwe ngamabhiliyoni amancinci amancinci - ii-polp polyps. Ngokusemthethweni, lo mhlaba ungomnye wemimangaliso yehlabathi kunye nelifa lemveli yehlabathi. Unokufikelela kwisixhobo esikhulu somngcipheko ngokubhenela e-Australia kwaye uhamba ngomkhumbi okanye ushukume nge-helikopta evela eGladstone.
Umlambo uqhubeka unxweme lwaseOstreliya, uqala kwiTropiki yaseCapricorn kwaye uphela kwiTrares Strait, ohlula i-Australia e-New Guinea. Ngokukude kunxweme, i-coral reef yasondela kwinxalenye esemantla yaseCape Melville. Bahlukaniswe ngamakhilomitha angama-30-50. Kodwa kwicala elingasentla i-reef iyahlukana ibe ngamaqela amaninzi emifula, kwaye kwezinye iindawo umgama we-Australia ufikelela kuma-300 km.
Kwaye kwalapha ukuba amawaka ahlukeneyo adibanise ngonyaka. Ngokubanzi, i-Great Barrier Reef kunye ne- diving ayinakulinganiswa. Kunzima ukuchaza ngamagama ukuba ziza kubonakala ziphi iziqhamo phambi kwakho ukuba unqumle ukungena emanzini kufuphi neziqithi ze-Great Barrier Reef.
Abahlali be-Great Barrier Reef
Akunakwenzeka ukuba kuya kubakho enye indawo kwihlabathi lonke apho ukuhlukahluka kwezinto eziphilayo kuya kuqokelelwa kanyekanye. Ihlabathi elinjalo elinotyebi ngaphantsi kwamanzi alinakufunyanwa - kukho iinkulungwane zezidalwa ezahlukahlukeneyo ezinokumangalisa ngobuhle babo obuhle, ukungabonakali kwindalo, kwaye ngezinye izihlandlo ngokufa ngokukhawuleza kwelanga.
Ukufunda i-flora kunye nezilwanyana ze-Great Barrier Reef, izazinzulu kunye nezohlukeneyo ze-amateur ziya kuba ixesha elide, ngenxa yokuba umhlaba ongaphantsi kwamanzi ucebile kakhulu. Kukho iintlobo zee-corals - ezingaphezulu kwama-400. Zonke ziyahluka ngobunjwa, imibala kunye nemibala, okukhumbuza umyezo wemilingo. Imibala eqhelekileyo apha i-orange, ibomvu kwiimpawu ezahlukileyo, eziphuzi, ezimhlophe, ezimdaka, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha unokufumana ii-coral ze-lilac nezibomvu.
Kule nkqantosi enkulu ye-coral, iindidi ezingaphezu kwe-1,500 zeentlanzi zaselwandle, iintlobo ezingama-30 zeeminyama kunye namahlengethwa, ii-125 zeentlanzi kunye nemitha, kunye neentlobo ezili-14 zeenyoka zifumene indawo yokukhusela. Kwaye oku akukhankanyi ngeentlobo ezili-1,300 zama-crustaceans, ii-5 000 zeentlobo ze-mollusks kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iintlobo ezi-6 zeentlanzi. Iinqwelo ze-Great Barrier Reef - lo mbono obalaseleyo, xa ubona, uya kukhumbula ubomi bakho bonke.
Ukongezelela, iintlobo ezingaphezu kwe-200 zeentaka zinyuka ziye ezihlaleni. Apha bafumana izimo ezikhululekile zokuhlala kwazo.
Ubungozi bomlambo we-coral
Ngenxa yokuhamba okukhulu kwabakhenkethi, inzuzo enkulu yezezimali ziza apha, kodwa kukho iingcambu ezimbi kumsebenzi wokukhenketho. Ukungenelela rhoqo ebomini be-coral reef ngabantu kubangela ukutshabalaliswa okungenakukuphelelwa kwinkimbinkimbi yonke.
Ukuqwalasela le miphumo emibi, urhulumente welizwe uthathe amanyathelo amiselweyo okunciphisa ingozi kwizinto eziphilayo, kodwa kungenakwenzeka ukukhusela ngokupheleleyo umonakalo kumntu.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwempembelelo yabantu kwi-reef, izinsongo zisongelwa yendalo ngokwazo. Ngokomzekelo, ukukhula kukukhokelela ekufeni kwama-corals kwixabiso elikhulu. Kwaye le nto ibangelwa ukufudumala kwehlabathi kwamanzi oLwandle lwaseMhlabeni.
Ukongeza, i-Great Barrier Reef ibangela umonakalo omkhulu kwiimvula zamatye. Nangona kunjalo, utshaba olubaluleke kakhulu lomlambo luyi-starfish ebizwa ngokuthi "isithsaba sevava", esinokufikelela kuma-50 cm kunye nokutya kwi-polyp polyps.
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