Kogin Puerco

Kogin Puerco ko Rio Puerco wani yanki ne na Kogin Little Colorado a arewa maso yammacin New Mexico da arewa maso gabashin Arizona . Yana gudana ta cikin busasshiyar ƙasa, gami da Hamadar Fentin .

 Suna 
Kogin Puerco wani lokaci ana kiransa Rio Puerco na Yamma, don bambanta shi da Rio Puerco na Gabas wanda ke tashi a cikin kusanci ɗaya amma yana gudana gabas zuwa Rio Grande . 

Ko da yake kalmar Puerco tana nufin alade, ita ma tana nufin ƙazanta ko ƙazanta a cikin Mutanen Espanya, wannan amfani a kudu maso yammacin Amurka an fi fassara shi azaman Dirty River ko Muddy River saboda babban abun ciki na silt da laka. 

 Geography 
Kogin da ke tsaka-tsaki shi ne babban kogin Little Colorado, wanda ke yankin kogin Colorado . Yana zubar da wani yanki na kusan   kuma   tsawo.  Matsakaicin fitarwa na kogin yana da ƙasa da ƙasa, ƙasa da    a cikin shekaru na al'ada, saboda kwandon ruwanta ya bushe sosai. A mafi yawan shekara, kogin Puerco wani wanki ne wanda ke ɗauke da ruwa kaɗan ko babu, kodayake manyan ambaliyar ruwa na iya faruwa a cikin ruwan sama.

 Hakika 
Ruwan ruwan kogin Puerco yana kan gangaren yamma na Rarraba Nahiyar Amurka,  gabas da Hosta Butte, a cikin gundumar McKinley, New Mexico . Tana kwararowa daga farko arewa, sannan yamma, ta cikin wani faffadan kwarin hamada mai iyaka da manyan tudu da duwatsu. Yana wucewa ƙarƙashin Interstate 40, kuma yana karɓar Kogin Fork Puerco ta Kudu daga dama-kudu kusa da Gallup . Domin mafi yawan sauran tafarkinsa, I-40 da tsohon Atchison, Topeka da Santa Fe Railway (yanzu BNSF Railway ) waƙoƙi suna bin kwarin kogin.

Kogin Puerco ya ketare zuwa Apache County, Arizona . Yana gudana ta hanyar Houck, Sanders, da Chambers, sa'an nan kuma yana gudana ta tsakiyar gandun daji na Petrified Forest National Park, inda Lithodendron Wash ya shiga daga hagu-arewa. Daga nan kogin ya ratsa kudu maso yamma zuwa mahadarsa da Kogin Little Colorado, kusa da gabashin Holbrook . 

 Zazzagewa 
Cibiyar Nazarin Kasa ta Amurka (USGS) tana aiki da ma'aunin kogin Puerco  kudu maso yamma na Chambers a Arizona. Matsakaicin fitarwa da wannan ma'aunin ya rubuta tsakanin 1971 da 2009 shine    a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1971, kuma mafi ƙarancin fitarwa ya kasance sau da yawa sifili, daga magudanar ruwa mai    . 

 Gurbacewar ruwa 
Navajos a cikin kwarin Puerco sun yi amfani da ruwa mai zurfi a cikin kogin Puerco don shayar da dabbobi shekaru da yawa. 

Daga 1950s zuwa farkon 1980s, kogin Puerco yana gudana kusan ci gaba da ciyar da shi ta hanyar hakar ma'adinan ruwa, wasu ba a kula da su ba, daga ma'adinan uranium a sama. 

 Zubewar rediyoaktif 
Zubewar niƙa uranium na Church Rock yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi munin zubewar radiyo a tarihin Amurka. A ranar 16 ga Yuli, 1979, wani tafki na wutsiya a masana'antar uranium na Church Rock, mallakar United Nuclear Corporation, ya keta madatsar ruwa da 93. miliyan galan (350,000 m 3 ) na rediyoaktif, maganin wutsiya na uranium acidic ya kwarara zuwa cikin cokali mai yatsu na Arewa na Kogin Puerco.  Kimanin   na sharar ma'adinan Uranium ya gurɓata  na ƙasa kuma har zuwa  na kogin Puerco.  

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