I-Pichincha Volcano


Intaba-mlilo yeChinhincha i- Ecuador kwaye iyasebenza, ithatha amashumi amawaka abavakatye ngonyaka. Kwaye oku kungona nantoni yokuba isebenza kwaye igcina abantu baseQuit bexineke kangangeminyaka emininzi. I-volcano inezintaba eziphezulu kakhulu - ezine-4,784 kunye ne-4,698 yamitha, kunye ne-Pichincha ngokwayo iyesibini ephakamileyo e-Ecuador.

Ubunjani beChinchacha

Intaba-mlilo yeChinhincha ingenye yeyona nto isebenza kakhulu kwihlabathi, kwaye ekubeni i-capital center yikhilomitha ezisibhozo kuphela, ibeka ingozi ethile kuQuito nabemi bayo. I-volcano ineentshukumo ezimbini, ukuphakama kwemitha yokuqala ye-4698, kunye neyesibini-4784 m. Iyokuqala kuthiwa "ngumntwana" (Guagua), kwaye yesibini - "Indoda endala" (Rucu). Kwakhona, i-volcano ine-caldera esebenzayo, isikhumbuza ukuba iPhinhincha ayilali.

Kwisiqingatha sokuqala sekhulu lokugqibela, wayecatshangelwa ukuba aphelile, kwaye ama-Ecuadoriya awamgxotha, ngokukhawuleza akhumbule "ukuxhaphaza" kwakhe okubangele umonakalo omkhulu. Kodwa ngo-1981 kwakukho ukuqhuma, ngexesha apho i-lava eshushu yawela phezu komhlaba 25-30 km. Unokucinga ukuba oku kuyinto engakholekiyo, kodwa izazinzulu ziqikelela ukuqhuma kwe-volcanic ye-5 points, kunye nokuqhuma kwekhulu le-10-ku-8. Oko kukuthi, ukuyikrakra okuqhutyelwa yi-volcano kubemi baseQuito akuyona into enkulu. Kodwa ngelanga ngo-1981 loo mzi wawunzima ukulimala, ngokungafani no-1660. Ngo-Oktobha 28, ukukhuphuka kwadlula iiyure ezili-12, ngenxa yokuba u- Quito wayegutyungwe ngotye kunye nepumice. Ukusuka kumlilo ovuthayo u-Quito wavikela ukukhutshwa kweNtaba yaseRucu, ngoko ke nangaphandle kweentlanga. Umlotha ovela kwi-eruption uhamba emoyeni nakwi-430 km ukuya ngasemzantsi kwisixeko saseLoja , kunye naseColombia, i-300 km ukuya ngasentshonalanga.

Ngo-1981, ngo-1990 no-1993, ukuqhuma kwama-phreatic kwenzeka kwangaphambili. Kwaye ngo-2000 kwakukho ukuqhuma okubuthakathaka, kwaye emva kweminyaka eyi-8 ihlabathi lonke lilandele ukuqhuma kwe-Pichincha ezisixhenxe. Kuyamangalisa ukuba kufuphi ne-capital yase- Ecuador kukho intaba-mlilo engavumelekanga kwaye, ngenhlanhla, ukuqhuma kwayo akuyikufa kwabantu. Kodwa kusekho umonakalo kuwo, kuba i-pyroclastic ihamba ngokutsha ngokutsha kwezolimo kwindawo eseduze neQuito, eyonakalisa kakubi uqoqosho. Ukuqhutyelwa kwentshonalanga yePihinhincha kukhokelela ekubeni akunakwenzeka ukuqhuba ezolimo kwiindawo ezikufutshane, apho uqoqosho lwelizwe luhlupheka khona.

Ukuphakama kwiChinhincha

Kuyamangalisa ukuba i-volcano esebenzayo neyingozi iyona ethandwa kakhulu kubakhenkethi, ukunyuka akukona nzima kunjengezinye iindawo eziqhutywe kwindawo ehlala kufuphi neQuito. Amakhulu abahamba ngeenkalipho ukusuka kulo lonke ihlabathi benza i-ascension kwaye bafuna ukusondela ngokungangoko kunokwenzeka kwiikrafa ze-Pichincha. Ukongezelela, ukunyuka ukuya phezulu ungabona uQuito ovela phezulu, kuba isixeko sisezinyaweni ze-volcano.

Uphi iPhinchacha?

Intaba-mlilo yeChinhincha ibonakala naphi na e-Quito kwaye kulula ukuyifumana. Unokushiya ngokukhawuleza kwi -Airport yaseMarshal Sucre , efumaneka kwizinto ezikufutshane nakwiindawo ezikude kunesixeko. Indlela eya kwi-volcano ihamba yedwa, kuba oku kuyimfuneko ukuya eSan-Francisco Rumiurcu, ngoko ufike kwi-N85 uze ulandele imiqondiso.