Tafkin Chew Bahir

Tafkin Chew Bahir (Amharic: ጨው ባሕር č̣ew bāhir, "kogi mai gishiri") ko Tafkin Istifanos, wanda kuma ake kira Stefanie, Basso Naebor da Chuwaha, tafki ne a kudancin Habasha, wanda ke kan iyakar kudu maso yammacin Jihar Yankin Habasha ta Kudu, kusa da iyakar da Yankin Oromia. Yanayin ƙasa Lokacin da Tafkin Chew Bahir ya cika, ya shimfiɗa zuwa arewacin Kenya. Da yake kwance a tsakiyar Stephanie Wildlife Sanctuary, tafkin yana da nisan kilomita 40 da 15 (64 da 24.) Wannan tafkin shine ƙasƙanci kuma mafi ƙasƙanta (1,880 feet (570 m) m) na jerin tabkuna waɗanda ke cikin arewa maso gabas na ci gaba da Great Rift Valley; ruwansa ya rabu da ruwa na Tafkin Turkana ta Humu Range da tuddai a kudancinsa. Yankin Kumbi ya tashi a gefen gabas. Chew Bahir yana ciyarwa daga arewa ta Kogin Weito, da kuma mai ba da gudummawa Galana Sagan. Galana Sagan yana karɓar yawan Tafkin Chamo a wasu shekaru, amma babu haɗin dindindin. Tarihi Count Sámuel Teleki shi ne Ba’amurke na farko da ya ziyarci tafkin a shekarar 1888, kuma ya sanya masa suna Gimbiya Stéphanie ta Belgium, matar Yarima Rudolf na Austria . Bayan ziyarar Teleki, Arthur Donaldson Smith, Vittorio Bottego, MS Welby, Oscar Neumann da sauransu sun binciki tafkin Chew Bahir da tafkunan da ke makwabtaka. JJ Harrison a shekarar 1899 ya ga tafkin ya bushe sosai, kuma bayan shekaru biyu Count Wickenburg ya sami ruwa ne kawai a yankin arewa. A shekarar 1960 tafkin ya mamaye kusan 2,000 km2, amma ya ragu zuwa dausayi a sauran ƙarni na 20. Manazarta