- Ubude obude: 193 km
- Ummandla we-echibini: 3262 sq. M. km
E- Panama , kukho imilambo engama-500, kodwa eyona nto ingumlambo waseChares, ngenxa yamanzi apho umsebenzi wePanama wonke unokwenzeka.
Inyaniso enomdla malunga nomlambo
Amadama amaninzi afakwe kwiindawo eziphambili zomlambo. Omnye wabo wakhiwa ngowe-1935 waza wabizwa ngokuthi iMadden (iDamden Dam). Iyadlula kwisiqithi esifanayo iMadden Lake kunye nommandla weekhilomitha ezili-57 zeekwere. km. kunye nokulawula umbane ovelisiweyo kunye nezikhukula, kunye nokuququzelela ukuhamba.
Enye ibumbi, eyakhiwe ngo-1912, yakha umthombo waseGatun endaweni engama 425 square metres. km. Itholakala emva kokudibanisa kwePanama Canal kunye noMlambo waseChares, umsebenzi wayo udibaniswe nokusebenza kwezikhululo zamandla kagesi kunye nokukhiya.
Ngomhla we-1527, emlonyeni womlambo ukukhusela kuma-pirates, inqaba yaseSan Lorenzo yafakwa. Ekubeni amaxesha atyhiweyo abakhohlisayo ahambisa impahla yabo ngeChares. Le ndlela yayithandwa kakhulu kwada kwaze kwaba yikhulu le-XIX, itholakala kwintsimi ye-National Park Camino de Cruces .
Umvelaphi walo uthatha echibini kwi-Cordilleras, kwaye ugeleza ukuya kudamu laseMadden kwicala lasezantsi. Emva koko umlambo uphendukela ngasentshona-ntshona ukuya eGamboa , emva koko udibanisa nePanama Canal, uze uhambe ngasenyakatho kwiLake Gatun. Emva koko, iChares ihlula kwi-canal ize ifike kwi-Caribbean basin, kungekude neCape Limon.
Igumbi linombolo enkulu yeedipids, ngoko ke iinqanawa zinokudlulela kwiindawo ezithile zomlambo. Ngokubanzi, iChares iwumlambo obalaseleyo, njengokuba, ngokungafani nezinye imilambo ye-isthmus, iphuma ukusuka empuma ukuya entshonalanga kwaye ixhaswa ngamaninzi amaninzi: Limpio, Piedras, Chico, Esperanza, Indio, eSan Juan naseBoqueron.
Emngceleni wonxweme, kukho ukungqothulwa kwamahlathi okuhlala kwamahlathi, ngoko ke izinga lamanzi linciphisa lonke ixesha, eyona ingxaki enkulu. Ngexesha lezimvula, amachibi aphefumle kakhulu kwaye anqande ukukhutshwa , ngelixa i-sediment evela kwiidonga ezigqityiweyo ziqokelela ngezantsi.
Izihlandlo kunye nokuzonwabisa kwiMlambo
Ngowe-1985, kwibhankini yoMlambo waseChagres ePanama, isiseko seParitz National Park sasungulwa, injongo eyona nto yayikukhusela kwendalo. Ubungakanani bemvelo buyakhanga umdla wabakhenkethi ngokusondele kwisixeko sasePanama . Apha ahlala kumaNdiya esizwe sakwa- Amber-Vounaan , oye wafika apha evela kwiphondo laseDarien. Ama-Aborigines ahlala kwiindawo zokuhlala ezakhiwe ngamagqabi esundu. Abaveleli banokuziqhelanisa nezithethe nobomi bala bantu.
Kwakhona kwiSizwe sePaki kuneendlela ezimbini ezidumileyo ezazisetyenziswa ngama-colonial inkulungwane ye-XVI yokuthumela izinto zeNdiya kumazwe aseYurophu.
Amafayili e-rafting kuma-kayak, i-kayaks kunye neengqungquthela ziya kuqonda uMlambo waseChares, apho kukho iindidi eziphangaleleyo kunye neempuphu. Ngokukodwa abatyeleli bakhetha umlambo ophezulu phakathi kwe-Atlantic Ocean kunye neLake Madden. Amanzi apha awanamanzi amaninzi, ngenxa yehlathi elitshatyalalisayo elijikeleze idibini, kodwa alisobala. Abo bangakhangeli kakhulu, unokushukuma ngokukhuselekileyo ngesikebhe ngokusebenzisa imithi ye-mangrove okanye emthunzini wemithi yesundu.
Ixesha elihle lokuhamba ngeenxa zonke kumahlathi kumanxweme e-Chagres River ukusuka ngoJanuwari ukuya ku-Ephreli. Kukho ukulungelelanisa inani elikhulu lokutyelela iindawo zokuvakasha. Amafayili ekudibanisa ngokuqinisekileyo aya kufana nesayithi apho umlambo ugeleza khona kwiPanama Canal . Kule ndawo unokubona isitimela saseFrench esisibekile, kunye nezixhobo ezahlukahlukeneyo kunye nezinto ukususela ekwakhiweni kwesi sakhiwo.
Lo mlambo uthathwa njengowona ubaluleke kakhulu kwiplanethi yethu kwaye ngexesha elifanayo liyimfihlelo, nangona imbali yayo enezityebi kunye nokubaluleka okukhulu okwangoku. Apha bathumela ubutyebi obungenakubalwa, iimveliso zokutya kunye nezinye izinto. I-reservoir ibone ukunyuka kwabantu kunye nobuchule.
Unokufikelela njani kuMlambo waseChares?
Njengoko umlambo uphuma kumaphondo amaningana, unokufika apha kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo. Kukulungele ukufika apha ukusuka ePanama naseColon ngemoto, ibhasi okanye uhambo olulungelelanisiweyo.
Hamba ukhenketho kwi-Chagres yomlambo kuyimfuneko, kuba nguyena kuphela ezweni eliwela kuma-2 elwandle ngokukodwa.
