Archin Darwin

Darwin's Arch (    ) siffa ce ta dutsen dabi'a zuwa kudu maso gabas na tsibirin Darwin a cikin tsibiran Galapagos a cikin Tekun Fasifik, kuma yanzu ya zama ginshiƙi. Bakin ya zauna a kan wani tudu da ba a saba ba, mai dutse, mai nitsewa, wanda ake yi wa lakabi da "Theater".   Bakin ya fado cikin teku a ranar 17 ga Mayu 2021 daga zaizayar yanayi.   

Darwin's Arch, tare da tsibirin Darwin da ke kusa, an sanya masa suna ne bayan masanin halitta na Ingila Charles Darwin, wanda karatunsa a yankin da ke kewaye da shi ya taimaka masa ya kafa ka'idarsa ta juyin halitta ta hanyar Zaɓin halitta. A matsayin haraji ga Darwin da ayyukansa, wasu mazauna yankin da masu sana'a na masana'antu sun ba da sunan "hasumiyoyi" na dutse da Pillars of Evolution (Spanish: Los Pilares de la Evolución).

 Yanayin ƙasa 
Wani ɓangare na Tsibirin Galápagos na Ecuador, Tsibirin Darwin ƙaramin tsibiri ne, wanda ba a zaune ba tare da yanki na  kilomita 2.33 (0.90 sq  da tsawo na mita 168 (551 . Darwin's Arch yana da kilomita 1 (0.62  zuwa kudu maso gabashin tsibirin kuma yana da bayyanar gada, wanda ya haifar da rushewa. Ganuwar tsaunin ta faɗi cikin teku, kuma gefen teku na bakan yana da "dandalin kallo" a mita 18 (59 .  Gidan yana da mita 43 (141  tsawo, mita 70 (230  tsawon, da mita 23 (75  faɗin.

 Dabbobi 
Daga gefen kudancinsa zuwa tashar da ke gangarowa, dabbobin ruwa da aka gani sune hammerheads, manta rays, big-eye jacks, bonito, yellowfin tuna, dolphins, babban makaranta na nau'ikan kifi na pelagic, da kuma sharks na har zuwa mita 14 (45  a tsawon. Ana samun sharks na whale daga farkon watan Yuli. Sauran namun daji na ruwa sun hada da gumakan Moorish, Sharks na Galapagos, hasken gaggafa, turtles masu kore, turtels masu tsayi, siliki da sharks masu fararen fata, Barcuda da sharks baƙar fata.   Tsuntsaye da yawa suna da iyaka kuma nau'in da aka fi lura da shi shine sooty tern (Sterna fuscata), wanda ke haifuwa a tsibirin Darwin . 

 Yawon shakatawa 
Gidan ya shahara tare da masu daukar hoto da yawon shakatawa na jirgin ruwa. Dabbobin daji masu arziki a kusa da bakan sun sanya shi sanannen wurin nutsewa. Kamar yadda yake tare da Tsibirin Darwin, ba a ba masu yawon bude ido damar kafa a kan bakan ba. Yankin da ke kewaye da tsibirin Galápagos an ayyana shi a matsayin Gidan Tarihin Duniya na UNESCO a shekarar 1978.

 Rushewa 
A ranar 17 ga Mayu 2021, da karfe 11:20 na safe Lokacin Galapagos (UTC-6),  bakan ya rushe ta hanyar lalacewar halitta. Wani sakon daga Ma'aikatar Muhalli da Ruwa ta Ecuador ya bayyana cewa "wannan taron ya kasance sakamakon lalacewar halitta. Darwin's Arch an yi shi ne da dutse na halitta wanda a wani lokaci zai kasance wani ɓangare na Tsibirin Darwin, wanda ba a buɗe shi don ziyara ta ƙasa ba. "  Masu nutsewa a cikin Galapagos Aggressor III ne suka shaida taron.

Bayan rushewar bakan, sauran ginshiƙan dutse an ba su lakabi da "Pillars of Evolution" (Spanish: Los Pilares de la Evolución) daga mazauna yankin a cikin yawon bude ido da masana'antar nutsewa. Sunan laƙabi yana nuni da bakan da tsibirin da ke kusa da shi an sanya masa suna ne bayan Charles Darwin, wanda nazarin dabbobin daji na kewaye da shi ya ba da gudummawa ga farkon ka'idarsa ta juyin halitta ta hanyar Zaɓin halitta.

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