Duwatsun Chyulu

Tuddan Chyulu wani yanki ne na tsaunuka a gundumar Makueni da ke kudu maso gabashin Kenya. Yana da fadin murabba'in murabba'i  - doguwar filin aman wuta a wani dogon yanki na arewa maso yamma zuwa kudu maso gabas. Mafi girman kololuwar sa shine  mai tsayi. 

Kogon Leviathan ( Wanda kuma aka sani da kogon Kisula) a wurin shakatawa na ƙasa na Chyulu Hills yana da kusan  tsayi, ɗaya daga cikin mafi tsayin kogo a Afirka. Wurin shakatawa na ƙasa wani ɓangare ne na yankin kiyaye Tsavo wanda ya ƙunshi Wurin shakatawa na Tsavo na Yamma, Wurin shakatawa na Tsavo na Gabas da kuma Dajin Kibwezi.

Babban ƙofar wurin shakatawar tana cikin Kibwezi a gundumar Makueni.

Tuddan Chyulu sun tsaya tsayin daka a kan tsaunukan Ngong a cikin fim ɗin Out of Africa.

 Yanayin ƙasa 
Tuddan Chyulu suna da nisan mil  gabashin Rift na Kenya . Tuddai sun ƙunshi ɗaruruwan ƙananan kwarara da mazurari. Dutsen aman wuta a yankin ya fara ne kimanin 1.4 shekaru miliyan da suka gabata a arewacin tsaunukan, kuma bayan lokaci, dutsen mai aman wuta ya yaɗu zuwa kudu maso gabas. Har yanzu ana ɗaukar waɗannan duwatsun aman wuta a matsayin masu aiki, tun lokacin da fashewarsu ta ƙarshe guda biyu (Shaitani da Chainu) ta faru a shekarar 1856.  A cikin tsaunukan akwai Kogon Leviathan, ɗaya daga cikin bututun lawa mafi tsayi a duniya. Tom Parkinson, Matt Phillips, Will Gourlay: Kenya Lonely Planet, 2006.

Garin Kibwezi yana da lamba  arewa maso gabas na tsaunukan Chyulu. 

Tuddan Chyulu ba su da koguna na dindindin, amma ruwan sama a kan tuddai yana ciyar da kogunan Tsavo da Galana da kuma Mzima Springs a filayen da ke kewaye. 

Tuddan Chyulu sun raba filayen Tsavo da Amboseli . Yankin yana da mazaunan Maasai da Kamba . Godfrey Mwakikagile (2007): Kenya – Identity of a Nation 

 Ilimin Halittu 
Ƙananan tsaunukan sun ƙunshi ciyawa da daji, yayin da sama da  yana da rinjaye a cikin dajin tsaunuka . Dajin ya ƙunshi Neoboutonia macrocalyx, 'ya'yan itacen ƙwallon ƙafa, ceri na Afirka, Strombosia scheffleri, Cassipourea malosana, black ironwood, da African holly . Wasu sassan da ke keɓancewa suna da rinjaye a cikin itacen murjani na Abyssinian . Ƙananan sassan dajin suna da rinjaye a cikin ko dai juniper na Afirka ko Commiphora baluensis . 

Dabbobin da ke cikin tsaunuka sun haɗa da karkanda baƙi na gabas,  Baffan Cape, bushbucks, elands, giwaye, aladu masu ciyawa, raƙuman ruwa na Masai, damisa, zakuna, reedbucks na dutse, steinbok, wildebeest da zebras na Grant . Ana samun cheetahs a filayen tuddai na Chyulu. Macizai daban-daban suna zaune a tsaunuka, kamar black mamba, puff adder da rock python . Tom Parkinson, Matt Phillips, Will Gourlay: Kenya Lonely Planet, 2006. ISBN 1-74059-743-5 

Akwai nau'ikan tsuntsaye daban-daban a kan tsaunuka, tare da wasu nau'ikan tsuntsayen da suka shahara . Nau'ikan tsuntsayen sun haɗa da: Shelley's francolin, farin-starred robin, orange ground thrush, cinnamon bracken warbler, Ayres's hawk-eagle, African crowned eagle, martial eagle, da Abbott's starling . 

Akwai haƙar daji da ake nomawa a tsaunuka, waɗanda mutanen yankin ke girbewa. Akwai kuma wasu noman haƙar a kusa da tsaunuka. Ana kiran haƙar daga tsaunin Chyulu da Chuylu, sabanin Miraa, wanda ake nomawa a gundumar Meru . Godfrey Mwakikagile (2007): Kenya – Identity of a Nation 

 Kiyayewa 
Wurin shakatawa na ƙasa na Chyulu Hills ya ƙunshi gefen gabas na tsaunukan kuma Hukumar Kula da Namun Daji ta Kenya ce ke kula da shi.  An kafa wurin shakatawar a shekarar 1983. Ya zama ci gaba a arewa maso yamma na Tsavo National Park . Tom Parkinson, Matt Phillips, Will Gourlay: Kenya Lonely Planet, 2006.  Gefen yammacin tsaunukan yana ƙarƙashin kulawar Namun Daji na Yammacin Chyulu mallakar rukunin kiwon Maasai . 

Barazana da ka iya tasowa ga yanayin halittu sun haɗa da farautar dabbobi, yawan kiwo da makiyayan Maasai ke yi, da kuma ƙarancin ruwa. "Chyulu Hills Rhino Programme". Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.

Aikin Carbon na Chyulu Hills wani aikin carbon na gandun daji ne (REDD+) a cikin yanayin Chyulu Hills, wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin 2017 tare da abokan hulɗa ciki har da Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust da Conservation International Kenya .  

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