Tafkin Otjikoto

Tafkin Otjikoto shine mafi ƙanƙanta daga cikin tafkuna biyu na halitta na dindindin a Namibia . Tafki ne mai ramin nutsewa wanda wani kogo mai karst ya ruguje ya ƙirƙira. Yana da 20 kilometres (12 mi) arewa maso yamma da Tsumeb kuma mita 100 kacal daga babban titin B1 . An ayyana tafkin a matsayin abin tunawa na ƙasa a shekarar 1972. Diamita na tafkin shine 102 metres (335 ft) ; zurfinsa ana kyautata zaton ya fi mita 91.44, a cewar na'urar daukar hoto. A cewar wata kungiyar bayanai kan yawon bude ido ta Namibia, "zurfin ya bambanta daga mita sittin da biyu a gefe zuwa mita dari a tsakiya - kuma a wasu wurare da ke fuskantar gefen - an yi rikodin zurfin mita dari", yayin da wani labari a cikin Allgemeine Zeitung ya bayyana matsalar zurfin: "tafkin ya ratsa cikin tsarin kogo na gefe wanda hakan ya sa ba zai yiwu a tantance ainihin zurfinsa ba, wanda aka kiyasta yana cikin hanyar shiga ( sic ) na mita 142." San sun san tafkin da sunan Gaisis ("mummuna"). Lokacin da Herero suka ƙaura zuwa yankin, sun sanya masa suna Otjikoto ( Otjiherero : "rami mai zurfi"). Yankin Oshikoto na Namibia, wanda tafkin yake, wani nau'in rubutun Otjikoto ne kuma ya samo sunansa daga na tafkin. Turawan farko da suka ziyarci tafkin sune Francis Galton da Carl Johan Andersson, waɗanda a lokacin neman tafkin Ngami suka haɗu da Tafkin Otjikoto a 1851. Tafkin ya kasance wurin zubar da kayan yaƙi ga Schutztruppe na Jamus a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya ; a watan Yunin 1915 sojojin Jamus sun zubar da kayan yaƙi a cikin tafkin kafin su miƙa wuya don hana sojojin Afirka ta Kudu da na Birtaniya amfani da su. An gano yawancin manyan guntu kuma an nuna su a Gidan Tarihi na Tsumeb, amma aƙalla bindigogi biyu, tare da adadin harsasai, har yanzu suna cikin tafkin kuma ana iya ganin su da izinin nutsewa na musamman. A cewar tatsuniya, Jamusawan sun kuma jefa wani akwati da aka rufe a cikin tafkin. Bincikensa da alamun zinare miliyan 6 da aka ce yana ɗauke da shi har yanzu bai yi nasara ba. Masanin tsirrai Kurt Dinter ya ziyarci tafkin a shekarar 1911 kuma ya tattara nau'ikan tsirrai da dama da ba a san su ba, daga cikinsu akwai ciyawar halittar Rottboellia . An gabatar da Tilapia guinasana, wani nau'in kifin cichlid wanda aka samo shi ne kawai a tafkin 'yar'uwar Otjikoto, Tafkin Guinas, a Tafkin Otjikoto. Ana yawan yin iƙirarin cewa Tafkin Guinas yana da alaƙa da Tafkin Otjikoto ta hanyar kogo amma ba a tabbatar da shi ba tukuna. Manazarta