Osimiri Gilgil

Osimiri Gilgil na-asọpụta akụkụ nke ala nke Ndagwurugwu Rift Ukwu, Kenya na ala dị larịị n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke ndagwurugwu ahụ, na-asọ site n'ebe ugwu ruo Ọdọ Mmiri Naivasha. Osimiri ahụ na-agbaga n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke obodo Gilgil, nke dị n'elu ala dị n'etiti ọdọ mmiri Naivasha na ebe ndị dị n'akụkụ mmiri Ọdọ Mmiri Elmenteita.

Osimiri ahụ malitere n'elu 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), ebe mmiri ozuzo na-ezo ihe dịka 1,100 millimetres (43 in) kwa afọ. Ọ na-enweta mmiri n'afọ niile. Gilgil nwere isi mmiri atọ. Morindati na-arị elu na 2,700 metres (8,900 ft), Kiriundu na 2,710 metres (8,890 ft) na Little Gilgil na 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). Ogologo ọwa kwụ ọtọ kachasị bụ 60 kilometres (37 mi) ebe mbelata kachasị bụ 873 metres (2,864 ft).

N'ebe ugwu nke ọdọ mmiri ahụ, osimiri ahụ na-emepe ka ọ ghọọ nnukwu ala idei mmiri, ebe a gwuworo ọwa mmiri iji kwado ọrụ ugbo mmiri. E ji akwụkwọ papyrus, sedges ndị ọzọ na Typha kpuchie ụzọ mbata osimiri ahụ gaa n'Ọdọ Mmiri Naivasha. Gilgil na Malewa bụ isi iyi mmiri maka Ọdọ Mmiri Naivasha. Ha abụọ na-ebu nnukwu ihe ruru unyi n'ime ọdọ mmiri n'oge mmiri ozuzo. Otu ihe ngwọta a tụrụ aro bụ ịkụ ihe ubi Vetiver grass n'ofe mpaghara delta, nke egosiri n'ebe ndị ọzọ na ọ dị irè n'ịdọchi ájá ma na-enyekwa aka mee ka ala mmiri dịghachi ndụ.

Onye ọkà mmụta ala J.W. Gregory chọtara ebe obibi ochie dị n'akụkụ Osimiri Gilgil nke nwere ngwa ọrụ nkume obsidian na ite ụrọ siri ike, nke dịrị tupu oge ígwè. Ngwaọrụ ndị a gụnyere ihe e ji kpụcha akpụkpọ ahụ, ihe e ji ekpuchi oghere na obere mma.

Isi mmalite

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• Harper, David M. (2003). Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Springer. ISBN 1-4020-1236-5.
• "Lake Naivasha". Birdlife International. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
• Vetiver Network International (2009). "Lake Naivasha: A Lake in Trouble - A Possible Solution?" (PDF).