Tindzawo Letimanti Emfuleni wase “Orange River”

Tindzawo Letivundzile

Lomfula lobitwa ngekutsi yi’Orange Rver’ nguwo wodvwa loletsa emanti kulendzawo yaseRichtersveld, futsi lomfula uphetse lokuhle kuwo. Kutfolakala tinhlanti kulamanti, letifana ne’yellow fish’, ‘sharptooth catfish’, ‘sardine’, naletinye latinyenti. Buhle beKapa buyabonakala nawusemlonyeni walomfula, eAlexander Bay, Kanye nakuletinye tindzawo.
Lendzawo levulekile emlonyeni we’Orange River’, nguletinye wetindzawo letivundze kakhulu kulendzawo. Njengoba lidzaka lakhona licondzile, nalokunye lokwenta lendzawo ibenetinhlobo letinyenti tetinyoni – letingafika ku10000, letehlukene tite tibe tinhlobo letifika ku60. Loku kufaka ekhatsi ‘flamingos’, cape cormoratants, chestnut-banded plovers, Egyptian geese, cape teal, great white pelican, south African shelduck kanye neAfrican sacred ibis.
Ngenca yaloku, iOrange River ibekwe njenge RAMSAR indzawo lemanti lemcoka emhlabeni wonkhe. Kepha lokubuhlungu kutsi lendzawo ayisafani ngoba kuhlalwe kugujwa lidayimane lamaceleni kwalomfula; bantfu laba bukele temvelo abakunaki loku ngoba lendzawo lomfula utfolakala khona, kulapho ngaphambilini bekuvaliwe kugubha lidayimane edolobheni lase Alexander Bay. Nyalo, Siyabonga kutsi labaphetse kulelitsimba baseNingizimu Afrika nase Namibia bayatama kulungisa lena ndzawo.

Translated by Thandokuhle Motha