Yankin Songhor Lagoon na ghana

Songhor Lagoon wani tafki ne na bakin teku a gabashin  a matsayin wani ɓangare na Cibiyar Nazarin Biosphere ta Duniya. Daga cikin wasu muhimman ayyuka da yawa, yana aiki a matsayin mazaunin da / ko wurin kiwo ga sanannun nau'o'in halittu da yawa.s.

## Yanayin jiki
Shafin da kansa tafki ne mai rufewa wanda ke ci gaba da cikawa ta hanyar ruwa, runoff, Laguna, da rafi. Ana nuna shi da matakan gishiri masu yawa kuma an kewaye shi da laka da ke cike da ruwa a mafi yawan shekara. Ƙasa tana da nau'in ƙasa mai launin toka mai zafi tare da yashi, yumɓu, da kuma abun da ke cikin dutse. Har zuwa zurfin 80 cm, ganuwa yana ba da damar bayyane ra'ayi game da kasan tafkin. Babban ruwa yana faruwa a zurfin 1.98 m; a wannan lokacin, ruwa daga koguna masu taimako na iya gudana cikin tafkin. Rashin ruwa yana faruwa a 0.11 m. Matsakaicin zafin jiki, ruwan sama, da zafi shine 23-33 ° C, 750 mm, da 60% bi da bi. Tsawon ya bambanta tsakanin 15 m kusa da bakin teku har zuwa 75 m sama da matakin teku.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

## Tsire-tsire
Kodayake nau'in *Sesuvium* da mangrove sun mamaye yankin, an rarraba florae a cikin shafin. Kogin da laka suna cike da *Paspalum vaginatum, Cyperus articulatus, Sesuvium portulacastrum,* da Elocharis mutate. *Adropogon guyanus, Heteropogon contortus*, da Azadirachta indica sun zama ruwan dare a kusa da wuraren da aka kama yayin da ake samun *Rhizophora racemosa* da Avicennia africana a gefen koguna. Ana ɗaukar nau'ikan mangrove guda biyu na ƙarshe suna da ƙima ta musamman. Duk da yake *Rhizophora racemosa* ba a dauke shi barazana ba ta IUCN Red List of Threatened Species kuma ba a kimanta Avicennia africana ba, an yi imanin cewa yawan jama'a suna raguwa. Mutanen yankin sun aiwatar da ayyukan sabunta mangrove a baya saboda sun yarda cewa mangroves suna ba da gudummawa ga yawan dabbobi ta hanyar samar da mafaka; kokarin ya sadu da matakai daban-daban na nasara.

## Dabbobi
Yawancin nau'ikan dabbobi masu haɗari da sanannun suna zaune a Songhor Lagoon. A zahiri, wasu bincike masu zurfi suna mai da hankali kan tururuwan teku da ke cikin yankin. Dabbobi uku da ke yawan zuwa rairayin bakin teku sune: *Dermochelys coriacea*, *Chelonia mydas*, da *Lepidochelys olivacea* .  Dukkanin nau'o'in uku an rarraba su a matsayin masu barazana ta IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .  Daga cikin nau'ikan ruwa, an kuma san Manatees da zama a cikin ruwan da ke kewaye da shafin. Lagun kuma yana aiki a matsayin muhimmiyar hanyar ga tsuntsayen ƙaura na Turai waɗanda ke yin hunturu a Ghana. Mafi yawan jinsuna / iyalai sune *Recurvirostra, Sternidae*, da *Tringa*. Saboda an san shafin da wuce yawan tsuntsaye 100,000 a cikin hunturu na Turai, tare da ƙaura mai ƙaura, sandpipers, stilts, plovers, da sauran tsuntsayen ruwa da ke ƙarawa ga yawan mutanen yankin, ana ɗaukar Songhor Lagoon a matsayin ɗayan mahimman wuraren da ke cikin Ghana (na biyu kawai ga Keta Lagoon . 

## Mutane
Songhor Lagoon yana da ƙimar al'adu da amfani ga mutanen yankin da ke zaune a ciki da kewayen Ada. Ana girbe Reeds, man fetur itace, tilapia, crab, da sauran wasanni daga shafin a kan tushen rayuwa  yayin da ake fitar da gishiri don rarraba shi zuwa Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, da Najeriya.  Ƙungiyoyin da yawa a yankin, dangi Adabiawe, Lomobiawe, Dangbebiawe da Tekperbiawe, sun dogara da hakar gishiri a matsayin tushen kudaden shiga na farko, suna samar da kusan tan 900,000 na gishiri a kowace shekara. Baya ga girbi kayan halitta na tafkin, mutanen yankin suna amfani da ƙasar da ke kewaye da tafkin don kiwon shanu, ci gaban hanya, da noma cassava, masara, tumatir, okra, albasa, wake, albasa da albasa. Ana kuma kallon tafkin a matsayin wuri mai tsarki na al'adu ga wasu. Wani karamin sashi na shafin, wanda ake kira Yomo lagoon, an kare shi daga noma ƙasa don ma'adinan gishiri. An yanke wannan shawarar ne don girmamawa ga wata ƙungiya ta mutanen yankin da ke la'akari da tafkin Yomo a matsayin yanki mai tsarki. Bugu da ƙari, shugabannin al'umma da yawa na Ada sun nuna cewa an kare mazaunin da ke kewaye da garin a al'ada don tsararraki. Baya ga ba da tabarau da Volta estuary sanarwa a matsayin wasu daga cikin 'yan wurare da suka rage a duniya inda turtles na teku har yanzu suke gida, mutanen Ada sun yi imanin cewa waɗannan shafuka wurare ne masu ƙarfi inda mutum, dabba, da sauran ruhohi suka hadu.
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