Boyoma Falls

Boyoma Falls
*Chutes de Boyoma*
*Boyomawatervallen*
*Maporomoko ya Maji ya Boyoma*
Boyoma Falls; Chutes de Boyoma; Boyomawatervallen; Maporomoko ya Maji ya Boyoma
	Boyoma Falls.
	Interactive map of Boyoma Falls; Chutes de Boyoma; Boyomawatervallen; Maporomoko ya Maji ya Boyoma
Location	Lualaba River, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Type	Cataract
Total height	200 feet (61 m)
Average width	4,500 feet (1,400 m)
Watercourse	Congo River
Average; flow rate	16,990 m3/s (600,000 cu ft/s)

Boyoma Falls (Swahili: Maporomoko ya Maji ya Boyoma, French: Chutes de Boyoma, Dutch: Boyomawatervallen),^[2] a maara na mbụ dị ka Stanley Falls (French: Chutes Stanley; Dutch: Stanleywatervallen), bụ usoro nke cataracts asaa, nke ọ bụla agaghị agafe 5 m (16 ft) elu, na-agbatị karịa 100 km (62 mi) n'akụkụ ụzọ nke Osimiri Lualaba n'etiti obodo ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri nke Ubundu na Kisangani (a makwaara dịka Boyoma) na Orientale Province nke Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]^{: Vol.Two, 175} Cataract asaa ahụ nwere mkpokọta mbelata nke 61 m (200 ft). Ha na-emepụta mmiri ozuzo kachasị ukwuu site na olu nke ọnụego mmiri kwa afọ n'ụwa, karịa ma Niagara Falls na Iguazu Falls.

Isi ihe abụọ a na-akpọ cataracts bụ nke mbụ dị n'okpuru Ubundu, na-emepụta obere iyi gbagọrọ agbagọ nke na-adịghị mfe ịnweta, na nke ikpeazụ a pụrụ ịhụ ma leta site na Kisangani. N'ala mmiri mmiri ahụ, a maara Lualaba dị ka Osimiri Congo. Otu 1 m-gauge (3 ft 3 in) ụgbọ okporo ígwè portage gafere usoro ọsọ ọsọ, na-ejikọ Kisangani na Ubundu.

A makwaara nke ikpeazụ n'ime cataract asaa nke Boyoma Falls dị ka Wagenia Falls (French: Chutes Wagenia, Dutch: Wageniawatervallen),^[2] na-ezo aka n'ebe ndị ọkụ azụ̀ Wagenya obodo ahụ nọ, bụ́ ndị mepụtara usoro pụrụ iche e ji azụ azụ n'osimiri ahụ. Ha na-ewu usoro ihe eji osisi rụọ n'ofe ihe ndị dị n'ime oghere ndị e ji mmiri rụọ n'ime nkume ahụ. Ndị a na-eje ozi dị ka ihe e ji arịlịka mee maka nkata ndị na-ejide azụ̀ buru ibu. A na-agbada nkata ndị ahụ n'ime mmiri mmiri iji "mpịachi" mmiri maka azụ̀. Ọ bụ ụzọ a na-esi azụ azụ nke ọma, ebe ọ bụ na nkata ndị a buru ibu nke ukwuu, ọ bụkwa naanị azụ̀ buru ibu ka a na-ejide.

A na-akpọbu mmiri ndị a aha site n'aha Henry Morton Stanley, onye nyochachara mpaghara ahụ ma hụ usoro ịkụ azụ nke Wagenya. Dịka Stanley si kwuo, "... site n'iji okwute ndị ahụ mee ihe, enyerela ndị obodo aka idozi ogwe osisi ndị dị arọ kwụ ọtọ, 6 inches (150 mm) n'obosara, ha na-etinye nnukwu nkata azụ̀ n'ime nke ọ bụla site na iji eriri rattan-okpete. E nwere ike inwe nkata iri isii ma ọ bụ iri asaa n'ime osimiri ahụ n'akụkụ nke ọ bụla, kwa ụbọchị; ọ bụ ezie na ụfọdụ nwere ike ibuga n'efu, n'ozuzu ha yiri ka ha nwere ihe ịga nke ọma nke ọma, n'ihi na n'ime nkata iri abụọ na abụọ... azụ̀ buru ibu iri abụọ na asatọ ka a chịkọtara..."^[3]^: 197

Ihe ngosi

Mmiri fall ndị ahụ dị n'etiti ala nke map Stanley. A na-egosi ụzọ ya site n'ahịrị ojii siri ike.
Stanley Falls dịka Stanley si kọwaa ya.
Ndị ọkụ azụ Wagenya na Wagenia Falls
Wagenia Falls.