Imithi ibambelele ixesha elide leplanethi yethu, kuba kukho iimpawu eziye zaguqulela iminyaka emininzi ubudala. Kodwa ukubala ukuba imingaphi imithi endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni, akunakwenzeka, kuba ininzi yabo ikhula kude nempucuko, apho kwakungekho mntu.
Kule nqaku, siza kukuxelela ngemithi emikhulu kakhulu edumileyo kwihlabathi.
Fir "Old Tzhikko"
Ukukhula ngokutsha ngenxa yokufudumala kwehlabathi kwiNtaba iFulu eSweden, utshintsho olutsha lweemitha ezi-5 eziphezulu kule sivuno, zineengcambu ezineminyaka engama-9500. Ukuze kuqinisekiswe oku, uhlalutyo olukhethekileyo lwenkqubo yeengcambu lwenziwa.
Pine "Methusela"
Ikhula kwinqanaba le-nature "Inju" eningizimu yeKalifornia. Le phayini iyona edume kakhulu kwimithi endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa idala kangakanani, ayiyazi. Ezinye izazinzulu zibiza ngokuba ngu-4776, abanye bathi sekusele iminyaka engama-4846.
Kwakuba ngenxa yegama lakhe, uMethusela wafa phantse ke ngoko abasebenzi bepaki baqala ukuyifihla kubakhenkethi.
Cypress "Sarv-e-Abarkhuk"
Le cypress inamamitha angama-25 ephakamileyo kwaye ibhinti yeemitha ezili-11, ekhulile kwisixeko sase-Abarani sase-Abarhuk, esifundazweni saseYazd, sithathwa njengomthi omdala kakhulu e-Asia. Ubudala bakhe obuphakathi kweminyaka engama-4000 - 4500.
Tis "Llangernyu Yu"
UTis, owakhula entendelezweni yecawa encinane kwinxalenye esenyakatho yeWales (UK), malunga neminyaka engama-4000 edlulileyo-umthi omdala eYurophu. Ngenxa yokuba amahlumela amatsha ahlala ekhula, ekhwela isiqu sakhe, uhlala iminyaka emininzi.
I-patagonian cypress okanye i-Fitzroy cypress
Lo ngowesibili umthi omdala kuMhlaba, onobudala bakhe bubekwe ngokuchanekileyo, ngokubala iindandatho zesango. Iingcali zenzululwazi ziqinisekile ukuba lo mthi usele minyaka engama-3626 ubudala. I-cypress ikhula kumzantsi weChile, epaki yelizwe lase-Alerka.
Cypress "Senator"
Omnye wabantu abadala kunye abade kunabo bonke (38 m) abemi bepaki yemithi yamandulo eFlorida. Kukholelwa ukuba ubudala bakhe malunga neminyaka engama-3500.
Cryptomeria "Dzemon Sugi"
Lo ngumthi omkhulu kunye nomdala kunamaJapan, ubude beemitha ezingama-25 kunye neemitha ezili-16 kwi-girth. Ikhula kwintlambo yentaba ephakamileyo yesiqithi saseYakushima. Emva kokwenza uphando oluyimfuneko, izazinzulu zenza ukuba uneminyaka engaphantsi kwe-2000, mhlawumbi iminyaka engama-7000.
Sequoia "Jikelele uSherman"
Umthi omude kakhulu eMelika. Ukuphakama kwayo kunamitha angama-83, kwaye ubudala bungama-2300 - 2700 iminyaka. Fumana uSherman oqhelekileyo unokuba kwi-Sequoia National Park yaseCalifornia.
Ngelishwa, kwintsimi yaseRashiya ne-Ukraine akukho mithi eneminyaka engamawaka.
Umthi omdala eRashiya yi-Grunwald Oak, ekhula edolophini yaseLadushka, eKaliningrad. Kukholelwa ukuba yayiyi-totem yeentlanga ezazihlala kule ntsimi ngaphambili.
Kwaye umthi omdala e-Ukraine yi-oki, inzalamizi eyi-1300 ubudala. Itholakala kwiphecana elithi "Josephine dacha" kwingingqi yaseRivne. Ngenxa yokuba kwakunzima kakhulu ukubetha ngombane, umthi unesimo esibi, ngoko ke indawo ekhuselekileyo yenziwa ngeenxa zonke.
Ukongeza kumdala kunabo bonke, imithi ephezulu yehlabathi nayo inomdla.