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Amaqiniso amahle nge-Great Barrier Reef
I-Stoneography / i-Getty Izithombe Ngaphandle kokungabaza, i-Great Barrier Reef, egijima ogwini lwaseQueensland , likhaya lomunye wempilo enhle kakhulu yasolwandle ozoyibona. Ngezindlela ezingenakubalwa zokuhlola imifula - kufaka phakathi i-helicopter ukugibela, ukuhamba nge-snorkelling, ukuhamba nge-scuba nokulala nje ebhishi elitshonalanga eliqeda i-coral wonderland - i-Great Barrier Reef kufanele ibe khona ohlwini lwakho lwamabhakede ohambo.
Kusadingeka badinga ukukholisa? Nazi amaqiniso angu-19 amangazayo nge-Great Barrier Reef, konke okuyizizathu ezinhle zokuhlela!
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Amaqiniso amahle nge-Great Barrier Reef
Bob Halstead / Getty Izithombe 1. I-Reef idonsela izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili njalo ngonyaka, okwenza kube yindawo ehehayo yezokuvakasha e-Australia.
2. I-Great Barrier Reef inamakhola angaphezu kwezingu-2 900 neziqhingi ezingu-900, yize kuneziqhingi ezimbalwa kuphela eziqhingini.
3. I-Reef iyamangalisa ukufinyelela kalula: ungayifinyelela kusuka ezingxenyeni eziningi ezihlukene zeQueensland. Ukuvakasha kanye nohambo lwezinsuku zigijima njalo ukusuka eCairns, ePort Douglas, eDolobheni naseHamilton Island.
4. Umkhombe mkhulu kangangokuthi ungabonakala empeleni!
5. Yisakhiwo esisodwa esenzeka ngokwemvelo esivela enyangeni.
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Amaqiniso amahle nge-Great Barrier Reef
Michael Aw / Getty Izithombe 6. Uma ungumuntu omningi wolwandle, ungakwazi ukuhamba ngendlela eya emfuleni; Izikebhe zigijima njalo kusuka eBrisbane naseSydney. Ungathatha uhambo olufushane, oluyizinsuku ezingu-4 ukuze uthole ukunambitheka, noma uvumele umhloli wangaphakathi wakho bese ukhetha ukuhamba ngezinsuku eziyi-10.
7. Ngama-2300km - noma amamayela angu-1,429 - ubude, i- Great Barrier Reef yindawo ejulile kakhulu yama-coral emhlabeni. Owesibini kunazo zonke, i-Belize Reef echwebeni laseCaribbean laseBelize, lingama-290km kuphela.
8. Yisakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
9. I-Hamilton Island, isiqhingi esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Great Barrier Reef archipelago, yiyona kuphela isiqhingi esingena esikhumulweni sezindiza sokuhweba, okwenza kube lula ukuhamba ngezindiza.
10. Ukumboza cishe amakhilomitha-skwele angu-344,400, noma amakhilomitha-skwele angu-133,000, i-Great Barrier Reef inkulu kune-Italy.
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Amaqiniso amahle nge-Great Barrier Reef
JBfotoblog / Getty Izithombe 11. I-Barrier Reef ingenye yezinto eziphilayo ezihamba phambili kakhulu emhlabeni, enezinhlobo ezahlukene zezinhlanzi ezingaba ngu-1 500. Lezo zingu-10% yazo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlanzi ezaziwayo.
12. I-Reef ilinganiselwa ku-18 million ubudala, nakuba kungekho muntu owaziyo ngempela iminyaka yayo.
Kusukela ngo-1985, umonakalo ongokwemvelo nokungcola kuye kwabona ingxenye engaphezu kwesigamu se-coral emgodini ufe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, imizamo yokulondolozwa iye yasiza ukunciphisa umonakalo emfuleni.
14. Nakuba kungase kube isilingo, kuyisenzo sobugebengu ukususa noma yimaphi amakhorali kusuka emfuleni; ukubheka okuqinile 'Bheka, kodwa ungathinti' kusebenza.
15. I- Fool's Gold ye-2008, enezinkanyezi zikaKay Hudson noMatewu McConaughey, yenziwe ingxenye ethile emgodini.
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Amaqiniso amahle nge-Great Barrier Reef
Michael Aw / Getty Izithombe 16. Kanye neGrand Canyon e-USA naseNtshonalanga Everest eNepal, i-Great Barrier Reef inehlonipho ehlonishwayo okuthiwa enye yezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa zemvelo zomhlaba. Ukuqeda uhlu lukhona iVictoria Falls, i-waterfall evele ngokuzumayo eningizimu ye-Afrika kuMfula iZambezi; intaba-mlilo yaseParicutin eMexico; izibani zemvelo zase-Aurora ezifundeni zase-Arctic nase-Antarctic; neGuanabara Bay eRio de Janeiro.
17. I-Great Barrier Reef itholakala ngaphakathi kwe-World Heritage-ebhalwe i-Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - i-park kuphela ephakathi kwamanzi. I-reef ngokwayo ihlanganisa kuphela u-7% we-Marine Park.
18. Kanye nezinye izilwane zasolwandle eziyingqayizivele nenhle emhlabeni wonke, i-Great Barrier Reef nayo ibuyele e-Box Jellyfish, i-Blue Ringed Octopus, ne-Stone Fish - ezinye zezilwane zasolwandle ezinobuthi kakhulu esazi .
19. Nakuba abomdabu base-Australian aboriginals besazi umkhumbi iminyaka engaba ngu-40 000, owokuqala waseYurophu ukuqaphela i-Great Barrier Reef wayengumhloli wamaFulentshi uLouis de Bougainville, ngo-1768.