Tafkin Rana

Tafkin Solar ( Arabic Birkat aš-Šams ) tafki ne mai gishirin hamada wanda ke gefen Tekun Ja, kimanin 18 kilomita kudu da Eilat a yankin Sinai, Taba, Masar, kusa da iyakokinta da Isra'ila. Wani ƙaramin tafki mai yawan gishiri, shine wurin da ake samun abubuwan da suka shafi sinadarai masu rikitarwa, waɗanda ke da alaƙa da zagayowar ƙafewa da kuma shigar ruwa cikin ruwa. Tafkin Solar ya ware daga Tekun Ja yayin da laka ta gefen teku ta rufe wani magudanar ruwa tsakanin tsaunuka biyu na dutse. Ruwan gishiri na Tekun Aqaba da ke shiga Tafkin Solar sun ƙara taruwa ta hanyar tururi a cikin tafkin. Ana kyautata zaton cewa baya ga asarar da tururi ke yi, akwai tsarin tsagewa a ƙasan tafkin. Ana samun Monohydrocalcite da sauran carbonates a cikin Tafkin Solar ta hanyar aikin tabarmar cyanobacterial benthic ( stromatolite ), wanda zai iya zama 1 kauri mai yawa. Da daddare saman mita na ruwan saman yana rasa zafi ga iskar hamada mai sanyi amma yana rufe ƙananan layin. Ƙananan layin da aka rufe yana ci gaba da samun makamashin rana kowace rana kuma yana tara ruwan gishiri mai yawa daga sama. Solar Lake yana haɓaka wasu daga cikin ruwan da ake dumamawa da hasken rana mafi zafi na kowace tafki: wasu layukan na iya kaiwa har zuwa 60 °C, yanayin zafi yana daidai da wasu tafkuna masu zafi na ƙasa kawai. Saboda ƙarfin yadudduka a wasu lokutan, yanayin zafi na iya kaiwa har zuwa 18 °C/m. A lokacin rani, tafkin yana juyawa ya zama gauraye sosai ta fuskar zafi da kuma gishiri. Ana kyautata zaton lokacin da ruwa ke zama a cikin tafkin shine watanni 5.5-6. Duba kuma Tafkin Bear da ke Sovata, Romania, wani misali ne na wannan yanayin zahiri. Tafkin hasken rana kuma tsarin adana makamashin rana ne a cikin ruwan gishiri mai yawa ta amfani da ƙa'idodi iri ɗaya kamar yadda yake faruwa a Tafkin Hasken Rana. Manazarta