Futhi yize kukhona imidondoshiya evelele, intaba-mlilo iCotopaxi yaziwa ngokufanele njengephakeme kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abasebenza emhlabeni wonke. Akakhangi kuphela ngokuziphatha kwakhe okungalindelekile, kodwa nangobuhle obungavamile be-iridescent ephakeme evela eqhweni. Lokhu kuyaphawuleka futhi ngenxa yokuthi i-stratovolcano ikuphi, njengoba iqhwa ezindaweni ezishisayo zase-Ecuador kuyinto engavamile kakhulu.
Imininingwane yezwe mayelana nentaba-mlilo iCotopaxi
Ngohlobo, iCotopaxi ingeyama-stratovolcanoes, njengozakwabo eSoutheast Asia, eKrakatau. Lolu hlobo lokwakheka kwamatshe lunesakhiwo esigqinsiwe esakhiwe ngomlotha, udaka oluqinile kanye ne-tephra. Imvamisa, ngesimo, zifana nesigaxa esijwayelekile; ngenxa yokwakheka kwawo okunesibindi, imvamisa kushintsha ukuphakama nendawo endaweni lapho kuqhuma kakhulu.
ICotopaxi iyisiqongo esiphakeme kunazo zonke sezintaba zeCordillera Real: iphakama ngaphezu kogu lolwandle ngamamitha angama-5897. E-Ecuador, izwe lapho intaba-mlilo esebenzayo itholakala khona, lokhu kuyisiqongo sesibili ngobukhulu, kepha nguyena owaziwa njengendawo ephawuleka kakhulu nengcebo yombuso. Indawo yomgodi icishe ibe ngu-0.45 sq. km, nokujula kwayo kufinyelela kumamitha angama-450. Uma udinga ukunquma ukuxhumanisa kwendawo, kufanele ugxile endaweni ephakeme kakhulu. I-latitude nobude bayo ngama-degree ngu-0 ° 41 ′ 3 ″ S. lat., 78 ° 26 "14" W njll.
Isigebenga saba maphakathi nepaki kazwelonke enegama elifanayo; lapha ungathola izimbali nezilwane eziyingqayizivele. Kepha isici sayo esiyinhloko sithathwa njengezintaba ezigqunywe yiqhwa, okungajwayelekile ezindaweni ezishisayo. ICotopaxi Peak imbozwe ngoqweqwe olujiyile oluphonsa ukukhanya okuvela elangeni futhi licwebezela njengetshe eliyigugu. Abantu base-Ecuador bayaziqhenya ngomlando wabo ophakeme, yize kunezehlakalo eziningi ezibuhlungu ezihlobene nawo.
Ukuqhuma kwe-stratovolcano
Kulabo abangakazi ukuthi intaba-mlilo iCotopaxi iyasebenza noma ayisekho, kufanele kuthiwe iyasebenza, kepha okwamanje isekuhosheni. Kunzima kakhulu ukubikezela isikhathi esiqondile sokuvuka kwayo, ngoba ngesikhathi sikhona yabonisa isimilo sayo "sokuqhuma" ngamazinga ahlukahlukene wamandla.
Ngakho-ke, ukuvuka kwenzeka ngo-2015. Ngo-Agasti 15, ikholomu yentuthu engamakhilomitha amahlanu, exutshwe nomlotha, yandizela esibhakabhakeni. Kube nokuqubuka okunhlanu okunjalo, ngemuva kwalokho intaba-mlilo yehla futhi. Kepha lokhu akusho nakancane ukuthi ukuvuka kwakhe ngeke kube ukuqala kokuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo okuqinile ezinyangeni noma eminyakeni eyalandela.
Eminyakeni engu-300 edlule, intaba-mlilo iqhume cishe izikhathi ezingu-50. Kuze kube ukukhishwa kwamuva nje, iCotopaxi ayikhombisanga zimpawu ezibonakalayo zomsebenzi iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-140. Ukuqhuma kokuqala okubhalwe phansi kubhekwa njengokuqhuma okwenzeka ngo-1534. Isigameko esibuhlungu kakhulu sithathwa njengo-Ephreli 1768. Kwathi-ke, ngaphezu kwesibabule nodaka lwentaba-mlilo, ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla kwenzeke endaweni yokuqhuma kwe-giant, okwabhubhisa wonke umuzi nezindawo eziseduze.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngeCotopaxi
Njengoba isikhathi esiningi intaba-mlilo ingakhombisi zimpawu zomsebenzi, iyindawo ethandwa izivakashi. Ukuhamba ezindleleni ezigandayiwe, ungashayisana nama-llamas nezinyamazane, ubone ama-hummingbirds aqhwashazayo noma ubabaze ukuqhuma kwe-Andes.
Intaba-mlilo iCotopaxi inesithakazelo esikhulu kubagibeli abanesibindi abaphupha ngokunqoba esiqongweni salezi zintaba. Ukukhuphuka kokuqala kwenzeka ngoNovemba 28, 1872, uWilhelm Rice wenza lesi senzo esingajwayelekile.
Sikukwazisa ukuthi ufunde ngentaba-mlilo yaseKrakatoa.
Namuhla, wonke umuntu futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, abagibeli abaqeqeshiwe bangenza into efanayo. Ukukhuphukela esicongweni kuqala ebusuku, ukuze kuthi kusa kube usubuyela lapho uqala khona. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi le ngqungquthela imbozwe ungqimba olujiyile lweqhwa, oluqala ukuncibilika emini, okwenza kube nzima nje ukukhuphuka ngalo.
Kodwa-ke, ngisho nokuhamba okujwayelekile phansi kweCotopaxi kuzoletha ukubonakala okuningi, ngoba kule ngxenye ye-Ecuador ungakujabulela ukubukwa okuhle. Akumangalisi, ngokwenguqulo eyodwa, leli gama lihunyushwa hhayi njenge "ntaba ebhemayo", kepha njenge "ntaba ekhanyayo".
