Filin Ambaliyar Barotse

Filin Ruwan Barotse, wanda aka fi sani da Filin Bulozi, Lyondo, Ngulu, ko Filin Ruwa na Zambezi, yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ke cikin Afirka, a kan Kogin Zambezi a Lardin Yammacin Zambia . Shafin Ramsar ne da aka tsara, wanda aka dauka a matsayin mai daraja sosai. Sunan ya gane filin ambaliyar a matsayin haifar da al'ada da hanyar rayuwa ta "Rotse" kasancewa bambancin Lozi, kuma "Ba" ma'anar "mutane". Sun zama masarauta mai ƙarfi a Tsakiya / Kudancin Afirka a ƙarƙashin sarkinsu ko litunga Lewanika, wanda mulkinsa ya kai kilomita 300 daga fili kuma ana kiransa Barotseland. Yanayin ƙasa da yanki Yankin yana da tsawo mai tsawo game da 1000 m, yana karkata kadan zuwa kudu. Zambezi da maɓuɓɓugarsa sun tashi a kan ƙasa mafi girma zuwa arewa, wanda ke jin daɗin ruwan sama mai kyau (1400 mm a kowace shekara) a Lokacin ruwan sama daga Oktoba zuwa Mayu. Ambaliyar ruwa tana motsawa a cikin kogi, ta kai yankin da aka kafa daga yashi na Kalahari, kimanin kilomita ɗari biyar a fadin. A kudu, a kusa da Ngonye Falls, ana samun dutse mai wuya a farfajiyar kuma ya tsayayya da halin koguna na yanke tashar a ciki, don haka yana aiki kamar madatsar ruwa. Bayan shi, an kafa fili ambaliyar ruwa. A ƙasa da faduwar, kogin yana gudana kusan sau biyu da sauri kamar yadda yake yi a fili kuma yana gudana da sauri a cikin wani karamin kwari wanda ba shi da saukin ambaliyar ruwa. Yankin ambaliyar ya shimfiɗa daga haɗuwa Zambezi tare da Kogin Kabompo da Lungwebungu a arewa, zuwa wani batu game da kilomita 2 kudu, sama da Ngonye Falls da kudancin Senanga. Tare da mafi yawan tsawonta faɗin ta sama da kilomita 30, ta kai kilomita 50 a mafi faɗin, kawai arewacin Mongu, babban garin filin, wanda ke gefen ta. Babban jikin filayen ya rufe kusan 5500 km2, amma matsakaicin yankin ambaliyar ruwa shine 10 750 km2 lokacin da aka yi la'akari da filayen ambaliyar da yawa, kamar Luena Flats. Barotse Floodplain shine wuri na biyu mafi girma a Zambia bayan tsarin Lake Bangweulu, wanda ya bambanta da samun babban tafki na dindindin da maras kyau, da kuma karamin yanki wanda ke bushewa a kowace shekara. An dauki hoton tauraron dan adam a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2004 a lokacin ambaliyar, Lura cewa arewacin filin, kusa da Lukulu, ba shi da ambaliyar ruwa, ƙasar da ke can ta bambanta da tsawo kuma ruwa yana ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin tashoshin kogi da yawa. Matsayin ambaliyar ruwa da lokacin Dubi kuma Yanayin ZambiyaYanayin yanayi na Zambia Mafi girman ambaliyar yana faruwa a filin ambaliyar kimanin watanni 3 bayan mafi girman lokacin ruwan sama a watan Janairu-Fabrairu. Ruwan ruwa yawanci yakan kai kololuwa a watan Afrilu, kuma ya koma baya a watan Mayu zuwa Yuli, lokacin da ciyawa ke girma da sauri a filin da aka fallasa. A mafi ƙasƙanci na kogin a watan Nuwamba ambaliyar ruwa har yanzu tana ƙunshe da kusan 537 km2 na lagoons, maras kyau da tashoshi. Ruwan ya bar ƙasa mai launin toka zuwa baƙar fata wanda ya rufe yashi na Kalahari, wanda ya wadata da yashi da ambaliyar ta ajiye da kuma humus daga ciyayi da ambaliwar farko ta kashe, da kuma daga lalacewar tsire-tsire na ruwa da aka bari don bushewa a cikin laka. Yana samar da ƙasa mai kyau, amma a ƙarshen lokacin fari yana yin burodi sosai a cikin zafi na rana. Yayin da ambaliyar ta ragu, ana barin ruwa a baya a cikin lagoons, maras kyau, da tabkuna. Manazarta