IRio Bravo
El URío Bravo okanye ikwabizwa ngokuba yiRio Bravo del Norte eUnited States njengeRio Grande, ngumjelo wamanzi omlambo onobude beekhilomitha ezingama-3.034 kwaye uhambisa indawo engekho ngaphantsi kwe-607.965 yeekhilomitha, ugeleza e-US uthi eColorado, eNtsha EMexico naseTexas, ngokunjalo, nakwimimandla yaseMexico iChihuahua, iCoahuila, iNuevo León kunye neTamaulipas.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba iRio Grande iqala kwiiNtaba zeSan Joaquin, ngaphakathi kwiphondo laseColorado eUnited States kwaye ingena ngeSan Luis Valley esiya emazantsi, ukugqitha eNew Mexico usiya e-El Paso, eTexas.
Enkosi ngezibonelelo zalo mlambo, ezahlukeneyo imisebenzi yolonwabo kunye nemidlalo ukuchitha nosapho okanye izihlobo, ushiya ngasemva olo lwalamano lomlambo kunye nokuhamba apho ukuhamba kwawo kubangele amaxhoba amaninzi xa ezama ukuwela Namhlanje, uninzi lwee-kayaker, ukuhamba ngephenyane, umzekelo, ziyonwabele imeko yeRio Grande. Ukongeza, ixabiso leendawo eziluhlaza liyakhuthazwa ngokwakhiwa kwe-eco-park kunxweme lomlambo. Kubonakala ukuba lo mmandla, njengomlambo, ujolise kutshintsho ngokubanzi.
Uya kuba nomdla wokwazi ukuba lo mlambo, ukusukela nge-1848 uthathwa njengomda phakathi kweMexico ne-United States, ukusuka kwizixeko zase-El Paso eTexas naseCiudad Juárez eChihuahua.
Ifoto: Ukuphonononga iMexico