Umusozi wa Nyiragongo

 Ibiwuranga

Umusozi wa Nyiragongo ( /ˌ n ɪər ə ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ ɡ oʊ , - ˈ ɡ ɔː ŋ - / neer-ə-INDIRIMBO -go ) ni stratovolcano ikora ifite uburebure bwa 3,470 m (11.385) ft) mu misozi ya Virunga ifitanye isano na Albertine Rift . Iherereye muri parike y'igihugu ya Virunga, n Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo, nko mu birometero 12,5 mu majyaruguru y’umujyi wa Goma n’ikiyaga cya Kivu no mu burengerazuba bw’umupaka n’u Rwanda. Ikibaya kinini gifite uburebure bwa kilometero ebyiri (1 mi) kandi ubusanzwe kirimo ikiyaga cya lava. Kugeza ubu icyo cyobo gifite intebe ebyiri zitandukanye zikonje za lava zikonje mu rukuta rw'ikiriba - imwe kuri metero 3,175 (10.417 ft) naho iyindi yo munsi ya metero 2975 (9,760 ft).

Ikiyaga cya lava cya Nyiragongo rimwe na rimwe cyabaye ikiyaga kinini kizwi cyane mu mateka ya vuba. Ubujyakuzimu bw'ikiyaga cya lava buratandukanye cyane. Uburebure ntarengwa bw'ikiyaga cya lava bwanditswe kuri metero 3,250 (metero 10,660) mbere yo guturika kwa Mutarama 1977 - ubujyakuzimu bw'ikiyaga gifite metero 600 (2000). Nyuma yo guturika muri Mutarama 2002, ikiyaga cya lava cyanditswe ku butumburuke bwa metero 2.600 (metero 8.500), cyangwa metero 900 munsi y’umugezi. Urwego rwazamutse buhoro buhoro kuva icyo gihe. Nyiragongo hamwe na Nyamuragira hafi yabo ni bo nyirabayazana wa 40 ku ijana by'iruka ry’ibirunga bya Afurika.