UMzantsi Melika unobungakanani obuhle kunye nemvelo yasendle kodwa akukho nto ifaniswa nemifudlana eMzantsi Melika. Ingaba kukho uchungechunge lwamanyathelo ngamanzi aqhutywe kwiipatheni ezikhangayo, okanye amandla amakhulu kwiimvula ezinkulu zamanzi kunye nomthamo omkhulu othulula phezu komda.
UMzantsi Melika unemizekelo emangalisayo yezo zombini iintlobo zamanzi. Xa kuziwa kwiindawo ezibukrakra iimvula zamanzi ngokuqinisekileyo ziphakathi kweendawo ezinqabileyo ziza kutyelela. Zininzi zala manzi eMzantsi Melika zibuye zirekhode ezirekhodiweyo ngokuphakama kunye nomthamo wamanzi odlula kuwo.
Ukuba uhambela eMzantsi Melika ukutyelela ezi ntlambo kufuneka ube kwihambo yakho.
01 ngo 07
Iguazu Falls, iArgentina-Brazil Border, eMzantsi Melika
I-Getty Izithombe / I-WIN-Initiative Mhlawumbi owaziwayo kakhulu kuwo onke amaphulo aseMzantsi Melika, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ukutyelela. Iguazu Falls ilala emdeni phakathi kweArgentina neBrazil, kwaye ngokwenene ingaba nandipha kumazwe omabini.
Ezi ziwayo zihanjiswa kwi-cliff edge ehamba ngaphezu kweeyure kunye nesiqingatha, kunye nesiqingatha sale ngokwenene ukugeleza kwamanzi phezu kwayo, kunye ne-plume yamanzi ekhuphuka emoyeni ibonakala kude.
Umbono ogqwesileyo kakhulu owayo owayo uwaziwa ngokuba nguMtyholi weNtshontsho, apho uhamba khona emlonyeni wemfomfa, kwaye ukuwa kukujikeleza emacaleni amathathu.
Kwiindawo zaseburhulumenteni zaseBrazil zihamba ngeedolophu zeFoz do Iguacu, ngelixa idolophini eline-Argentine i-Puerto Iguazu.
Ngenxa yokuthandwa kwendawo oya kuyo unokufumana iindiza ezi ndawo ezivela kwiidolophu ezininzi zaseBrazil naseArgentina, ngelixa kuninzi olunxulumene nabaqeqeshi.
02 we-07
ESalto Grande, eChile
(c) uRobert Cutts Ukulahla kule nkomo yamanzi kwiNtaba yeSizwe yaseTorres del Paine ayikho enkulu njengoko ezinye ziwela. Nangona kunjalo, amandla apho umthamo wamanzi uqhutyelwa khona umlambo omncinci ngaphambi kokuba ungene kwisitya esezantsi ungummangaliso.
Abo bafumana umbono obusondeleyo kwimpumputhe baya kuziva ukugungqiswa kwayo ngxondorha, ngelixa inani elikhulu le-spray longeza kwidrama yendawo.
Le nkomo yamanzi iyindawo ede kakhulu yelizwe, ngoko unokulindela uhambo olusondeleyo lokufumana ukujonga okukufutshane kwezi ziwa. Ukuba uceba ukuhamba okanye ukunyuka ezintabeni eziseduze, kukukhangela ukutyelela. I-Puerto Montt yiyona dolophu esondeleyo yabashenayo kuloo ndawo, kwaye inesiza-moya esincinci kunye neendawo ezintle kwilizwe lonke.
03 we-07
IPark Falls kunye neCanaima National Park
Getty Images / Jane Sweeney Le ndawo yaseVenezuela idume ngamanqabunga athambileyo aphakama ngamakhulu emitha, ezo zineenqwelo eziphambili. Le ngqungquthela enikezele isilungiselelo samanzi aphezulu angaphazamisekiyo kwihlabathi.
KwiPaki yeSizwe yaseKhanaima , amanzi awela ngaphezulu kwama-2500 kwiinyawo ngaphambi kokuba afumane i-cascades apha ngezantsi. Lo mhlophe ococekileyo we-spray yinto ebomangalisayo kwaye iphelele kwizityalo zeefoto.
Impompo ibizwa ngokuba ngu-aviator waseMerika uJimmie Angel owaqala ukuwela phezu kwamanzi, kunye nomlotha wakhe owasasazeka apha emva kokufa kwakhe ngo-1960.
Ukufikelela kule mimandla kunzima kakhulu ngenxa yeendawo ezikude, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo kubandakanya ukuqhubela kwinqwelo-moya encinci kwiCanaima National Park, emva koko uhambo lwesithathu ubusuku ngezinyawo kunye neyinqanawa ukuya emanzini kwaye ubuyele kwakhona. Iimozulu zemozulu ziyakwazi ukuhluka ngokubanzi, ngoko qinisekisa ukuba uzisa amanzi angenakunqanda kunye nezambatho ezifanelekileyo ukushisa okuphezulu
04 we-07
Cachoeira da Fumaca, eBrazil
Getty Izithombe / Harald von Radebrecht Nangona ngokuqinisekileyo ayinxulumene nomthamo ofanayo wamanzi njengemifula yaseIguazu, iCachoeira da Fumaca isandul 'ingqungquthela yamanzi eBrazil. Nangona kungengona ephezulu kunomphunga wamanzi onqabileyo wehla ngaphezu kweemitha ezingama-350 kwigumbi elingaphantsi.
Qinisekisa ukuba awutyeleli ngexesha lonyaka owomileyo, njengoko imvula yamanzi ingomisa ngeli thuba, kodwa kulo lonke unyaka lwakwimpompo enhle kakhulu. Njengoko igama libonisa, ngexesha lokuhla kwehla phantsi komhlaba, amanzi aphantse afake kwi-fog endleleni.
Le ngenye impompo enzima kunzima ukuyifumana. Kufuneka uhambe ngeekhilomitha ezili-4 ukusuka kwisiqhelo esisekude kwi-Vale do Capao, okanye ukunyuka kwezinto ezinokuqhaqhaqha kwiintsuku ezintathu ukusuka kwidolophu yaseLencois. Ingxenye yeCapada Diamantina National Park , uhambo oluya kulawa luza kuthatha ininzi yamanye amabala amaninzi, kubandakanywa namanzi amaninzi amnandi.
05 we-07
Catarata Gocta, ePeru
Umfanekiso (c) iGreenwich Photography Enye yeemvula ezinkulu zaseAzambique, le nyathelo elincinci liyehla kwiPhondo le-Amazona lasePeru liwela ngaphaya kwee-2000 ukuya ngaphantsi kwe-cliff.
Ingqungquthela yesihlanu ephakamileyo yamanzi kwihlabathi nayo inexabiso elincinci lamanzi elithululela phezu kwenqabunga, linika isibonakaliso esincinci ngakumbi kunjengeAngela Falls apho amanzi eba yincithakathaka njengoko iyawa.
Njengamanzi amaninzi eMzantsi Melika, ngoku kutshatyalaliswa ngokugqithiseleyo sele kufunyenwe kwindawo ekude.
Ukufikelela emanzini amanzi ngokuqhelekileyo kusetyenziswa ukuma kwidolophu yaseChachapoyas. Nangona kukho indawo yokuhlala ekhangayo kakhulu, neembono ezinkulu zokuwa kutholakala ehotele malunga neekhilomitha ezili-6 ukusuka kude. Iimitha ezimbalwa zokugqibela ukuya kweenyawo zokuwa kufuneka zigqitywe ngeenyawo. Nangona iimbono zihlala zifihliwe ngumoya nemfudu, kodwa ngaloo mihla xa kubonakala ilanga, kuyinto ekhangayo ngokwenene.
06 we-07
Tequendama Falls, eColombia
(c) uLuis Alveart Impompo eqhelekileyo yaseColombia enye yezona tyelela kakhulu eMzantsi Melika. I-Tequendama Falls ihleli ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingamashumi amabini ukusuka eBotota .
Amanzi azinamanyathelo amaninzi kwaye amanzi aphuma kwivula emncinci phezulu ukuya echibini elikhulu ngaphantsi, ewela ngaphaya kwama-425.
Enye yeembono eziphambili zokuwa kweemitha ezingamakhulu amabini ukusuka ewa, apho indlu yembali eyenziwa njengomgcini othulileyo wokuwa ngokunikela ngemibono enzulu kunye nengqiqo ecacileyo kwimbali ende apha.
Mhlawumbi ufikeleleke kakhulu kuwo onke la maphepha, unokuhamba uhambo olude kwibhasi kwaye uthathe ikhefu elifutshane lokukhwela iteksi.Ungasindisa ixesha kwaye uthathe lonke uhambo ngeteksi okanye ngemoto. I-Bogota ngokwayo inxibelelwano oluhle lwehlabathi kunye neendlela zendiza ukuya kwiidolophu ezininzi eziseMntla Melika kunye neYurophu, kunye neendyebo zeendlela zaseMzantsi Melika nazo.
07 we-07
I-Kaieteur Falls, eGuyana
(c) uAllan Hopkins Ngelixa iAngela Falls ingaba yinkomfa ephezulu yamanzi, i-Kaieteur Falls yizona ziphazamiso ezininzi kakhulu emhlabeni. Apha amanzi anqabana ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngaphezu kwama-325 ububanzi beenyawo zokuwa.
Kwakhona kuneendawo eziluhlaza ezijikelezayo ezenza ukuba kube yimilingo, kunye nesitya esingaphantsi sisoloko sigcwele i-spray, imvula yokudanisa emanzini amanzi. Ukuphakama kwamatye kunamangalisa, njengoko kunamaxesha amane ngaphezu kweNiagara Falls.
I-Guyana ayifaki ukuvakalisa inani elifanayo leendwendwe njengeendawo ezikhethiweyo zokuvakasha ezifana ne-Argentina, iBrazil kunye neColombia. Nangona kunjalo abo bakhenkethi abaya kuGuyana bavame ukukhetha ukutyelela i-Kaieteur National Park.
Olu hambo alukho lula kwaye ngenxa yendawo ekukude kunzima ukufikelela ngaphandle kokuthatha indiza. Kukho iindiza eziqhelekileyo ezisuka kwisixeko saseGuyanese iGeorgetown kwi-airstrip yaseKaieteur Falls, ehamba ngomzuzu elineshumi elinesihlanu ukusuka kumbono ontle.