I-Himalayas yinkqubo ephakamileyo kakhulu yeentaba zeplanethi yethu, esetyenziswe kwiCentral naseMzantsi Asia kunye nommandla wezo zizwe njengeChina, iNdiya, iBhutan, Pakistan kunye neNepal. Kule nqanawa yeentaba kuneentlanzi ezili-109, ukuphakama kwazo kufinyelela kumyinge ngaphezu kwee-7 000 zeemitha ngaphezu kweqondo lolwandle. Nangona kunjalo, enye yazo iyadlula zonke. Ngoko, sithetha malunga nenqanaba eliphezulu leentaba ze-Himalaya.
Iyintoni, intaba ephezulu ye-Himalaya?
Intaba ephezulu ye-Himalaya yiNtaba yeJomolungma, okanye iNtaba Everest. Iphakama kwinqanaba elisenyakatho ye-Mahalangur-Khimal, intaba ephakamileyo yeeplanethi yethu, enokufumaneka kuphela emva kokufika eChina . Ubude bayo bufikelela kuma-8848 m.
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IJomolungma ligama lentaba yaseTibetan, oku kuthetha "uMama oMhlaba woMhlaba". NgesiNepal, i-vertex izandile njengeSagarmatha, eguqulela "uMama wooThixo". Everest, kwathiwa nguGeorge Everest, umphandi wase-British-researcher owayengamele inkonzo ye-geodetic kwiindawo eziseduze.
Ubume beyona ntlanzi ephezulu ye-Himalayas yaseJomolungma yipiramidi yesantathu, apho umthambeka osezantsi unamandla. Ngenxa yoko, loo nxalenye yentaba ayinakugqutywa ngekhephu.
Ukunqoba kweyona ndawo ephezulu ye-Himalaya
I-Chomolungma engapheliyo iye yakhathalela ixesha elide abantu abatshabalalisa umhlaba. Nangona kunjalo, ngethuba, ngenxa yeemeko ezimbi, ukufa kufana phezulu apha - iingxelo ezisemthethweni zokufa entabeni zazingaphezu kwama-200. Ngelo xesha, abantu aba-3000 banyuka ngokukhawuleza behla kwiNtaba i-Everest. Inyuko yokuqala ukuya kwintlanganiso yenzeka ngo-1953 iNepalese Ukuqamba iNorgay kunye neNew Zealander uEdmund Hillary ngoncedo lwee-oxygen.
Ngoku ukunyuka kwe-Everest kuqhutywa yimibutho ekhethekileyo kumaqela oshishino.
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