Tafkin Chala

Tafkin Chala, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Tafkin Challa, wani tafki ne mai rami wanda ke ratsa kan iyakar Kenya da Tanzania. Tafkin ya samo asali kimanin shekaru 250,000 da suka gabata. Tafkin yana gabashin Dutsen Kilimanjaro, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) arewa da Taveta, Kenya, da 55 kilometres (34 mi) gabashin Gundumar Rombo. Tafkin yana kewaye da wani babban rami mai tsayi wanda tsayinsa ya kai 170 metres (560 ft). Matsakaicin ruwan sama na Tafkin Chala na shekara-shekara yana da kimanin 565 millimetres (22.2 in). Matsakaicin ƙafewar ruwa a saman tafkin a kowace shekara yana kusan 1,735 millimetres (68.3 in). Kimanin kashi 80 cikin 100 na kwararar tafkin ta fito ne daga ruwan ƙarƙashin ƙasa, wanda galibi ana samunsa ne daga ruwan sama a yankin dajin tsaunuka na Dutsen Kilimanjaro a tsayin 1,800 to 2,800 metres (5,900 to 9,200 ft). Yana ɗaukar kimanin watanni uku kafin ruwan ƙarƙashin ƙasa ya isa tafkin. Ruwan ƙarƙashin ƙasa yana kwarara zuwa cikin tafkin a kimanin girman 8,390,000 cubic metres (296,000,000 cu ft) daga 1964 zuwa 1977. Ilimin Halittu Kifin da aka fi sani da shi a wannan tafkin shine Tafkin Chala tilapia (Oreochromis hunteri), wanda ba a samunsa a wani wuri a duniya. Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wanda ke fuskantar barazanar rayuwa sakamakon IUCN, kuma yanzu ya fi sauran nau'ikan tilapia da aka shigar a Tafkin Chala yawa. Wata 'yar Birtaniya mai shekaru 18 ta mutu a shekarar 2002 sakamakon wani ƙaramin kada a kogin Nile yayin da take iyo da daddare a cikin tafkin. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, Hukumar 'Yan sandan Kenya ta ce tafkin ya cika da kada, yayin da Hukumar Kula da Namun Daji ta Kenya ta ce, "Ana samun kada a tafkin Chala kuma ba a ɗaukarsa a matsayin amintaccen wurin iyo kwata-kwata." Duba kuma Mutanen Chaga Jerin tafkuna na Kenya Jerin tafkuna na Tanzaniya Gundumar Rombo Manazarta