Filin shakatawa na Malolotja ya mamaye kadada 18,000 (kadada 44,000) na jejin tsauni kan iyakar E-swatini arewa maso yamma da Afirka ta Kudu. Filin shakatawar ya hada da tsaunin Ngwenya, tsauni mafi tsayi na biyu na E-swatini (1,829 m),[1] da Malolotja Falls wanda ya faɗi mita 89 (kafa 292), mafi girma a E-swatini.[2] Mahalli ya hada da gajerun ciyawa har zuwa dutsen da ke cikin kogi, daji da kuma gandun daji na Afromontane.[1]

Filin shakatawa na Malolotja
protected area (en) Fassara
Bayanai
IUCN protected areas category (en) Fassara IUCN category II: National Park (en) Fassara
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 26°05′53″S 31°05′56″E / 26.098°S 31.099°E / -26.098; 31.099
Duba kan filin shakatawa na ƙasa

Filin shakatawar na Malolotja yana hade da Wurin Ajiyar Waka na Songimvelo a Afirka ta Kudu, kuma tare suka samar da Yankin Kare Yankin Songimvelo-Malolotja ko Peace Park, wanda kuma wani bangare ne na Yankin Kariya na Lubombo.[3][4]

Tarihi gyara sashe

Hukuma Amintacciyar Swaziland ta amince da yankin a farkon shekarun 1970. A wancan lokacin yawancin yankin filin kiwo ne kuma da yawa mallakar masu zaman kansu ne. Ko yaya, yankin yana da ƙarancin damar noma kuma mazauna sun sake zama a cikin kyakkyawan ƙasar noma kusa da Malolotja.[1]

Furanni da Dabbobin Yankin gyara sashe

Dabbobin da ke wurin shakatawar sun hada da zebra, wildebeest, reedbuck, blesbok, red hartebeest, oribi, damisa, serval, aardwolf, jackal da bushpig.[2] Kwarin Natal fatalwa, kwadin ruwan sama da ruwan toka na asalin garin E-swatini, Afirka ta Kudu da Lesotho. A cikin E-swatini an same su ne kawai a cikin dajin ƙugu na Afromontane.[5]

Nau'in tsuntsayen sun hada da lorado, tsuntsaye na rana, kanana masu sikila, shudiya masu shudiya da hadiya. Bald ya tashi gida a cikin duwatsu kusa da Malolotja Falls.[2] Yawancin jinsunan tsuntsaye suna da mahimmancin kiyayewa, saboda mazauninsu yana da iyaka kuma ana fuskantar barazana a wajen wurin shakatawa. Su ne ruwan 'ya'yan itace mai launin ruwan kasa, robin launin ruwan kasa, daji mai duhu, mai taya robin-hira, robin farin tauraro, launin shuɗi mai launin toka, shrinke na zaitun, kudu boubou, Narina trogon da Knysna lourie.[5]

Akwai ciyawa masu tsayi, orchids, lili, da kuma tsoffin tekun cycads.[5]

Yanayin Yankin gyara sashe

Mafi yawan ruwan sama yana sauka n daga rani cikin watan Disamba zuwa Afrilu. Frost ya zama ruwan dare a watan Yuni da Yuli.[2]

Haƙar ma'adanai na Ngwenya gyara sashe

Ma'adanin ƙarfe na Ngwenya yana cikin wurin shakatawar, kusa da Hawane Dam. Salgaocar shine kamfanin da aka ba da kwangilar cire ton miliyan 32 na tama, a yayin zanga-zanga da yawa daga mazauna yankin game da tasirin muhalli da kuma lahani ga ɗayan manyan hanyoyin samar da ruwa na ƙasar.[6]

Yawon shakatawa gyara sashe

Akwai kilomita 25 kawai (16 mi) na hanya a wurin shakatawar, amma ana iya bincika da yawa akan 4 × 4s, keke na kan dutse ko ta hanyar yawo.[2] Akwai wasu rukunin wuraren yada zango.[7]

Manazarta gyara sashe

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Malolotja Nature Reserve". Swaziland National Trust Commission. Archived from the original on 2001-04-15. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "SWAZILAND - MALOLOTJA NATURE RESERVE". Game-Reserve.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. "Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation And Resource Area". South Africa: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Archived from the original on October 2, 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  4. Dlamini, Wisdom M. D. (2005). "Songimvelo-Malolotja TFCA". Swaziland National Trust Commission. Archived from the original on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Boycott, Richard C. (31 December 1997). "The Conservational Importance of the Mgwayiza Mist Belt Forest, Malolotja Nature Reserve, Swaziland". Malolotja Nature Reserve: Environmental Centre for Swaziland. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  6. Nellie Bowles (31 August 2012). "Swaziland's Ngwenya mine extracts its ore and exacts its price". Mail & Guardian.
  7. "Malolotja Nature Reserve". Footprint Hiking Club. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-10-17.