Uruzi rwa Caledon
Uruzi rwabanje kwitwa Prinses Wilhelminas Rivier mu 1777, na Koloneli RJ Gordon.Umugezi wa caledon ni uruzi runini ruherereye muri afurika y'epfo yo hagati. uburebure bwarwo bwose ni 642 km (399 mi), izamuka mu misozi ya Drakensberg ku mupaka wa Lesotho, itemba yerekeza mu majyepfo y'uburengerazuba hanyuma igana iburengerazuba mbere yo kwinjira mu ruzi rwa Orange hafe ya bethulie mu majyepfo ya leta ya free. [1]
Ubumenyi Bw'isi
[Hindura | hindura inkomoko]Uruzi rwa Caledon ruturuka mu cyahoze ari Bantustan cya QwaQwa, hafi y'umupaka na Lesotho, mu majyepfo y'uburengerazuba bwa Witsieshoek. Nyuma yaho, rutemba rugana mu majyepfo y'uburengerazuba, rugana ku murwa mukuru wa Lesotho, Maseru, kandi rugakora umupaka uhuza Afurika y'Epfo na Lesotho mbere yo kwinjira mu ntara ya Free State muri Afurika y'Epfo (mu majyaruguru ya Wepener). Rugana mu burengerazuba mbere yo kwinjira mu ruzi rwa Orange hafi ya Bethulie mu majyepfo ya Free State, mbere gato y'uko rwisuka mu rugomero rwa Gariep. Uburebure bwarwo bwose ni nka kilometero 480 (ibirometero 300), kandi ikibaya cyarwo kigira impinduka zikomeye z'ubushyuhe[2]. Ubutaka buri hagati y'uruzi rwa Caledon n'uruzi rwa Orange bugize Pariki y'ibidukikije ya Tussen-die-Riviere ifite ubuso bwa hegitari 22,000. [3]
Uruzi
[Hindura | hindura inkomoko]Uruzi ni rwo soko y'amazi ya Maseru, umurwa mukuru wa Lesotho, uhagaze ku ruzi. Mu gihe cy'imvura nke, hashobora kubaho ibura ry'amazi. Kugira ngo ibi birwanye, hakozwe ibigega byinshi bifite inyubako nk'urugomero rwa Muela n'urugomero rwa Meulspruit . [4] Mu 2003, amazi yavuye hano kugira ngo hirindwe <amapfa>. [5]
Ikibaya cya Caledon ni ingenzi mu mateka y'abaturage ba Basotho . Aka gace kari gafite ubukungu bwinshi kandi kashoboraga guhingwa nta kuhira. Ibi byatumye kiba cyiza kandi ni kimwe mu byateye amakimbirane hagati ya Basotho n'Ababoeri . [6] Ibigori bihingwa ku bwinshi mu kibaya cya Caledon. [2]
Reba ibindi
[Hindura | hindura inkomoko]Amashakiro
[Hindura | hindura inkomoko]- ↑ Raper, P.E. (1987). Dictionary of South African Place Names (PDF). p. 105.
- 1 2 "Caledon River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 26 November 2016. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Britannica" defined multiple times with different content. - ↑ "Tussen Die Riviere Game Reserve". SA Places. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Caledon River - Dams". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ↑ "Drought". Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2005.
- ↑ Coplan, David B. (2001). "A river runs through it: The meaning of the Lesotho‐free state border". African Affairs. 100 (398): 81–116. doi:10.1093/afraf/100.398.81.