Tafkin Sonfon

Tafkin Sonfon, wanda aka fi sani da Tafkin Confon, tafkin dutse ne mai ruwan sha a Diang, Saliyo wanda ke da muhimmancin addini da al'adu. Yanayin ƙasa Garuruwan da suka fi kusa su ne Kabala, wanda ke da lamba 60 kilomita zuwa arewa da kuma Benue wanda shine 40 kilomita daga kudu. Tana cikin tsaunukan tsaunukan Sula a tsayin 549 metres (1,801 ft) sama da matakin teku. Sonfon yana malalowa daga ƙarshen kudu, wanda ke samar da farkon Kogin Pampana, kuma ƙananan koguna bakwai ne ke ciyar da shi, tare da bambancin ruwansa sosai a cikin shekara. Tafkin yana da zurfin da ya kai 8 metres (26 ft) kuma yana da yanki na 8.2 square kilometres (3.2 sq mi) ita ce babbar tafki a cikin ƙasar Saliyo. Muhalli Tafkin babban baki ne na kiyayewa kuma yanki ne mai kariya da aka tsara amma tun daga shekara ta 2011 babu kariya a wurin. A lokacin fari tafkin ya cika da ciyayi. Yanayin tudun da ke kewaye da tafkin ya ƙunshi gandun daji, gandun daji mai itatuwa, ciyawa da farmbush. Yankin 8,000 ha da ke kewaye da tafkin, da kuma kewayenta na ciyayi, an sanya shi a matsayin Muhimmin Yankin Tsuntsaye (IBA) ta BirdLife International saboda yana tallafawa yawan jama'a na nau'in tsuntsaye da yawa. Kodayake ba a bincika tafkin sosai ba, an gano nau'ikan tsuntsaye 105, gami da iris mai haske, Dybowski's twinspot, mai ban sha'awa sunbird, pytilia mai jan fuska da kuma ƙwayoyin fuka-fuki. Dabbobi masu shayarwa da ke zaune a tafkin sun hada da pygmy hippopotamus mai haɗari, da baƙar fata da Duikers na Maxwell. Tarihi Tafkin Sonfon an dauke shi mai tsarki a cikin imani na gargajiya tare da mutanen yankin da ke gudanar da bukukuwan al'adu a bakin tekun. Ana ba da hadayu, gami da shinkafa da abinci, a cikin tafkin a kan Calabashes. A cikin imani na gargajiya tafkin yana da alama, tare da kasancewa mai saurin gaske dangane da yawan ruwa a lokacin fari, tare da Djinn mai iko da ke zaune a cikin tafkin. Ana samun ajiyar Zinariya a cikin duwatsu na Tafkin Sonfon da kuma ajiyar alluvial a yankin. Ana aiki ne kawai a cikin ajiyar ruwa, yana daukar ma'aikata 15,000 a kusa da Tafkin. Wannan hakar ma'adinai yana haifar da matakin ruwa a cikin tafkin ya ragu. Dubi kuma Yankunan da aka kare a Saliyo Dabbobin daji na Saliyo Manazarta