Tafkin Opeta

Tafkin Opeta tafki ne mai zurfi a Uganda. Yankin yana kudu da Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve kuma yana aiki a matsayin mafaka na lokacin bushewa ga duka namun daji daga wurin shakatawa da shanu na gida na mutanen Karamajong da Pokot da ke kewaye. Ilimin ruwa Tafkin Opeta an ciyar da shi da farko ta ruwan sama a Dutsen Elgon kuma yana shiga cikin Tafkin Kyoga ta hanyar Tafkin Bisina. An kewaye shi da babban tafki da ambaliyar ruwa. Karewa Tafkin Opeta yana ɗaya daga cikin yankuna 33 masu muhimmanci na tsuntsaye na Uganda kuma tun daga shekara ta 2006 wani wuri mai laushi na Ramsar na muhimmancin duniya. Cibiyar Biodiversity da Eco-Tourism da Cibiyar Muhalli ta Duniya da UNDP ke ba da kuɗin tafkin. Tafkin Opeta da wuraren da ke kewaye da shi suna gabashin Uganda, kilomita 25 arewa maso gabashin garin Kumi. Shafin Ramsar yana tsaye 1,050 m sama da matakin teku kuma yana rufe yanki na hekta 68,913. Tsarin wuri mai laushi yana wakiltar ɓangaren gabashin tafkin Kyoga. Yana mamaye babban ambaliyar ruwa tsakanin Tafkin Bisina Ramsar Site (wanda yake gudana zuwa Tafkin Kyoga) zuwa yamma da kuma tushe na Dutsen Elgon, babban dutsen mai fitattun wuta, zuwa kudu maso gabas. Yankin tafkin Opeta yana nuna iyakokin kudancin babban yankin Karamoja wanda ya shimfiɗa tare da gabashin gabashin Uganda tsakanin Dutsen Elgon da iyakar Sudan mai nisa, kusan kilomita 300 zuwa arewa Tsuntsaye Fox's weaver, kawai nau'in tsuntsaye na Uganda, an san shi da zama a cikin wuri mai laushi, kamar yadda ake yi wa takalma mai barazana a duniya, kusan barazanar papyrus gonolek, da sauran nau'o'in 160. Manazarta