- Izwe: iChile;
- Ubude: 110 km;
- I-Estuary: UMlambo waseMaipo.
I-Santiago , inkulu-dolophu yaseChile , iyaziwa njengedolophu emangalisayo eyahlukileyo. Apha, izakhiwo zembali eziqinileyo zihlala zihlala kunye neeklasi zobuninzi bezakhiwo zanamhlanje. Yonke le mfa nekiso ihlala kumabhanki eMlambo waseMaphuo, ebaluleke kakhulu kwiinkcubeko zaseChile.
Umvelaphi kunye nokubaluleka koMlambo iMoo
Kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo amaSpanish aholwa ngumnquli uPedro de Valdivia wafika entlameni yoMlambo iMapocho. Ngo-1541 banikwa umyalelo wokufumana isixeko esitsha kule ndawo. Ngako oko kwabonakala iSantiago, inkulu-dolophu yelizwe elizimeleyo laseChile.
Ukutya koMlambo weMapocho kuxutywe, kodwa kuninzi kunondliwa yi-glaciers, ngo-Apreli kuya kuba nzima. Ekuphuhlisweni kwesi sixeko, kwadlala indima enkulu, ngoko yaphawulwa kwengubo yezandla zaseSantiago, kunye nayo yayibonakaliswe kwimihlaba engqongileyo.
Kukho amabhanti amathathu kwiMaphuo:
- Ngowe-1798 ibhuloho yokuqala eyakhiwa ngaphesheya komlambo, ogama linguPalos;
- Ibhuloho yesibini yakhiwa phakathi kwe-1767 no-1779 kwaye yabizwa ngokuba yiCalicanto;
- Omnye, usele namhlanje, unceda abahlali banamhlanje nabakhenkethi ukuba bafike kwindawo ye-bohemian yaseSantiago-Bellavista.
I-Incas yamandulo yakha inkqubo efanelekileyo yokuchithwa kwamanzi okuphazamisa amanzi kuMlambo waseMaphuo, ezinye zazo zisasebenza. Ingqikithi, umlambo unamaqela angama-7, kwaye ugweba ngeenkcazo zabahlali bokuqala, kwakukhulu kakhulu kangangokuthi kwakungenakwenzeka ukuwukhwela ngehashe okanye inqwelo.
Namhlanje, phambi kwamehlo ezokhenketho, kubonakala umboniso ohluke ngokupheleleyo. Zonke iibhuloho ezindala zamatye zathatyathwa yintsimbi, ngaphandle kwenkxaso. Ekubeni umlambo ngexesha lobusika lichithe kakhulu, ukukhukula kwiindawo ezikufutshane, kwagqitywa ukuba kuqondwe isitya sayo.
Ixabiso lenkcubeko yomlambo iMapocho
I-Mapocho iyaziwa njengomlambo wokuqala ohambelana nobugcisa. Enyanisweni, kunxweme lwaso olusezantsi kumaspala aseSantiago naseRecoleta zirekhole iziphumo zokukhangela ezingama-26, ezibonakaliswa ngokupheleleyo kwiimifanekiso ezili-104. Uyakubona konke oku kuphela ebusuku, phezu kwamanzi phakathi kwamabhuloho kaPio Nono kunye nePatronato.
Umlambo iMapcho ubonakaliswe nomsebenzi weqonga elidumileyo laseChile uPablo Neruda, umsebenzi wakhe ubizwa ngokuba yi "Ode kwi-Winter River Mapocho". Kukhankanywe ngamanye amanani aseChile kwimisebenzi yabo, iibhanki zomlambo zitshicilelwe kwinqwelo yeoli. Umbhali womfanekiso nguRamon Alberto Venezuela uLlanos.
Indawo yomlambo
I-Mapocho ivela kummandla we-El Monte, inxalenye ephambili ye-Andes kwaye ihamba phakathi kwe- Santiago yonke , ukwahlula isixeko zibe ngamacandelo amabini. Iphuma kuMlambo waseMaipo, kwindawo yaseValparaiso , kufuphi nelali yaseLloyeau. Kuzo zonke iindlela zomlambo, ngowona mkhulu.