Ummandla omkhulu we ENyakatho Melika Igcina indawo ezinkulu zendalo, kuzo kufanelekile ukuqaqambisa ubume bejografi yomhlaba Iintlango (Ngokudabukisayo, kusekho iindawo ezingenabemi nangona abantu bexinekile eMexico naseMelika).
Phakathi kweentlango ezibaluleke kakhulu eMntla Melika kufuneka sikhankanye eyona ndawo inkulu evulekileyo kumantla elizwekazi laseMelika, esithetha ngako Intlango yaseChihuahuan kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-450 amawaka eekhilomitha ezihlala kwindawo yaseNew Mexico, eTexas, eChihuahua naseCoahuila. Kuyinyani, le ntlango, ngokungafaniyo nomfanekiso esinayo ngengqondo, ayisiyindawo enesanti. Endaweni yokuba, yintlango yomhlaba kunye namatye apho unokufumana uthotho lweentaba, iintaba kunye namahlathi ezityalo ahlala kwimozulu egqithisileyo. Iqondo lobushushu eliphakathi lale ntlango, xa kuthelekiswa neentlango zaseAfrika nezaseAsia, alikho nzulu kangako, kuba awona aphezulu amaqondo obushushu awagqithi kuma-40 degrees celcius ngemini yehlobo.
Enye yeentlango ezinkulu zaseMntla Melika yi Intlango yaseSonoran, efana neChihuahuan Desert, ehlala kummandla waseMexico naseMelika, ubukhulu becala kwiindawo zaseArizona, eCalifornia naseSonora. Nangona kunjalo, iNtlango iSonoran ibaluleke ngakumbi kunale ibikhankanywe ngaphambili ngenxa yommandla wayo omkhulu wama-311 amawaka eekhilomitha.
Ukubeka emngciphekweni uhambo ngoku apha ngumsebenzi wohambo olomeleleyo, hayi kuba beza kudibana nezilwanyana ezinobungozi kodwa kungenxa yokuba indawo enobutshaba kuya kufuneka ijongane nanjengoko le ntlango ithathwa njengeyona ishushu emhlabeni.
Nangona iNtlango iSonoran yenye yezona zinto zinomtsalane, eyona yaziwa kuwo wonke uMntla Merika ngokungathandabuzekiyo yiyo Intlango iMojave, iboniswe kumdlalo bhanyabhanya waseHollywood, ngakumbi amaNtshona asibalisa ngemilo phakathi kweenkomo namaIndiya. Xa sicinga ngeNtlango iMojave, mezcal, cacti kunye nokuthakazelisa kukaJim Morrison (imvumi yeeThe Doors) yohambo lwengqondo kunye nee-hallucinogens ezenziwa kumasiko e-shamanic kule ntlango ziye zithi qatha. Ukufika apho kufuneka sifudukele eCalifornia, eUtah, eNevada okanye eArizona.
Ngoku ukuba uyazi iintlango zaseMntla Melika, ngaba ungalinga ukuthatha uhambo olwahlukileyo?