Ngo-1984, i-Band Aid yakhulula ingoma engapheliyo yeKrismesi "Ngaba Bayayazi Irisimesi?" ekuphenduleni indlala e- Ethiopia ukuya ngo-1985. Ingoma yayibandakanya i-lyric "... akuyi kuba nekhephu e-Afrika eli xesha leKrisimesi", kwaye ngokwenene, ingcamango yamaqhwa e-snow falling on a desert desert of Africa kunye neentsana ezikhuseleyo zemvula zibonakala zingenakwenzeka.
Rekhoda Iimpawu ze-Snowfall
Nangona kunjalo, uBob Geldof kunye nabahlobo abazange bachanile ngokucacileyo kwi-Afrika ekhutshwe ngekhephu, ngenxa yokuba nangona ikhephu ingumgaqo wasemzini kwilizwekazi elininzi, kwenzeka (rhoqo okanye njengento eqhelekileyo) kwiindawo ezininzi ze-Afrika ezingama-54 amazwe.
Ngowe-1979, iqhwa lawa kwiindawo eziphantsi kwe-Sahara Desert-kungakhathaliseki ihafu yesure.
Iindawo ezininzi zeentaba kwiindawo zaseSahara zibona ukuwa kwekhefu ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Iintaba zaseTibesti ziseNyakatho yeThadi nakumazantsi e-Libya kwaye zibona ikhephu ngokwemyinge yonke iminyaka esixhenxe. Iintaba zeAggar zaseAlgeria nazo zibona ikhefu ngezinye izihlandlo, kwaye ngo-2005 ukurekhoda kweemvula kwakubon 'ihlathi elinzima kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zaseAlgeria naseTunisia.
Ngo-2013, abantu abahlala eCairo bamangaliswa ukuba bafumane phakathi kwe-winterland wonderland, xa izimo zemozulu zengqungquthela zazisa iqhwa kwi-capital yaseGibhithe okokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-100. Ukushisa okuphezulu kunye nokunciphisa imvula kwenza ikhephu e-Cairo ibe sisiganeko esisodwa, kodwa izakhamuzi zazingakwazi ukwenza i-snow-Sphinxes kunye neepramramid.
Iintaba ze-Snowy Equatorial
Ukongezelela kwezantsi, ikhephu iqhubeka rhoqo rhoqo nangona isondele kwi-equator.
Intaba yekhephu edala idale iindawo eziqingqiweyo zeqhwa (nangona zininzi zinyamalala ngokukhawuleza) eNtabeni yaseKenya eKenya, eNtabeni yeTanzania yaseTanzania; KwiiNtaba zaseRwenzori zase Uganda, kunye nee-Semien Mountains zase-Ethiopia. Ezi ndawo eziphakamileyo eziphezulu zeqhwa zeqhwa azinakwanele ngokwaneleyo ukukrwqa, nangona kunjalo. Ngenxa yoko, kufuneka uqhubele phambili usezantsi.
Ukuhlola i-Ski Pistes yaseAfrika
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, kunokwenzeka ukunika iikriti kwaye uhlasele iindawo ezikulo e-Afrika. Mhlawumbi inqabileyo ethembekileyo yi- Oukaïmeden eMorocco, apho i-chairlifts ifumana ukufikelela kumanqanaba angama-10,689 / i-3,258-mitha ye-Jebel Attar kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ze-Atlas. Iqonga libhekiselele ezintlanu ezinqamlezayo, kunye neentlambo zokuqala kunye neziphakathi kunye nommandla ozinikezelwe kwi-sledding.
Ubukumkani obuncinane beLesotho yilizwe elikhethekileyo leentaba, kunye neyona ndawo ephakamileyo kakhulu kunoma yiphina isizwe emhlabeni. Kwakhona lizwe elibandayo kwilizwekazikazi, kunye nerekhodi ephantsi kwe -4.7 ° F / -20.4 ° C elinganiselwe eLetseng-le-Draai ngo-1967. Iqhwa liqhelekile, kunye neengqungquthela ezigciniweyo zokugcina isithsaba sekhephu ngonyaka. Nangona kunjalo, i-Afriski Mountain Mountain ihlala yindawo yokuphela kwe-ski e Lesotho.
EMzantsi Afrika, i-Eastern Cape i-Highlands ihlala eTekindell. Izithambeka zivulekile kubadlali be-skiers kunye ne-snowboarders kulo lonke elasezantsi kubusika bentshona (ngoJuni, ngoJulayi, no-Agasti), kwaye xa izitshalo zendalo zingaphumeleli, kubakho abenzi bekhephu ezandleni ukuze baqinisekise ukuba ama-piste ahlelwe kakuhle asebenza. I-Ski Academy inikeza izifundo kubaqalayo, ngelixa ikhefu lekhephu liye lenze i-jump and rails for the pros.
I-Snowmen yaseMzantsi Afrika
Iqhwa akuyinto engaqhelekanga kubantu baseMzantsi Afrika, njengeendawo ezininzi zihlala zibona ikhephu ebusika.
Uninzi lwezi zilapha kwimimandla yasemaphandleni aseMpuma naseNyakatho Koloni. Kwiintaba zase-Amathole, idolophana elincinane laseHogsback linomdla we-Xmas ngonyaka ngoJulayi, ngelixa idolophu yaseMntla Koloni yaseSutherland ibanda kakhulu kweli lizwe kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo ibona iqhwa lokwakha i-snowmen.
Eli nqaku lahlaziywa nguJessica Macdonald ngoSeptemba 2, 2016.