NgoMeyi 2022, abahloli bamazwe emigedeni eSouth China bathola into emangalisayo, bembula ihlathi lakudala elahlala lifihliwe amakhulu eminyaka. Leli hlathi elimangalisayo lingaphansi komgodi omkhulu wokucwila emanzini, ojule ngamamitha angu-192 nezinkundla ezintathu zebhola. Kuleli hlathi kunezihlahla ezikhula zifinyelele ukuphakama okungamamitha angu-40, okuzenza zibe ezinye zezihlahla ezinde kakhulu emhlabeni.
Abahloli basemgedeni ababefuna izimanga ezifihliwe bathole into emangalisayo ngaphandle nje kwedolobhana lase-Ping'e e-Leye County of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. NgoMeyi 6, 2022, uhambo lwabo lwabafikisa emgodini ojulile lapho bahlangatshezwa khona ihlathi lasendulo elingaphazanyiswa.
Ngokusho kukahulumeni waseShayina, kunama-sinkholes amakhulu angama-30 esifundeni. Lawa ma-sinkholes aziwa ngokuthi “i-Tiankeng” ngolimi lwendawo okusho ukuthi “Umgodi Wasezulwini.” Ichibi okukhulunywa ngalo, elingamamitha angu-306 ubude, amamitha angu-150 ububanzi, namamitha angu-192 ukujula, likhulu kunawo wonke esifundeni.
Engxoxweni nesikhungo sezindaba sikahulumeni i-Xinhua, uZhang Yuanhai, unjiniyela omkhulu e-Institute of Karst Geology of the China Geological Survey uthe lo mgodi wawunemigede emithathu ezindongeni zawo kanye nehlathi lakudala eligcinwe kahle ngaphansi.
Umgodi wokucwila omkhulu onehlathi lasendulo ngaphakathi elitholakala eShayina
Ithimba lososayensi baseShayina lithole umgodi omusha omkhulukazi onehlathi phansi. I-sinkhole ingamamitha angama-630 ukujula, ngokusho kwesikhungo sezindaba iXinhua. pic.twitter.com/Qlv7dgg0NU
— I-Archaeology News Online Magazine (@Archaeology_Mag) Kwangathi 16, 2022
“Ngeke ngimangale ukwazi ukuthi kunezinhlobo zezilwane ezitholakala kule migede ezingakaze zibikwe noma zichazwe isayensi kuze kube manje,” kusho uChen Lixin, umholi weqembu lohambo olwahamba amahora amaningi ukuze lifike endaweni engaphansi kwalo mgodi.
Noma iyiphi indawo eyakhiwe i-sinkhole ibizwa ngokuthi i-karst landscape, eyakhiwa lapho umbhede uncibilika emanzini angaphansi komhlaba. Lokhu kusho ukuthi izifunda ezinjalo zinochungechunge lwama-sinkholes nemigede. Nokho, lo mgede awuvamile, ngoba ngisho nokujula kwawo, kunokukhanya okwanele okuvumela ukukhula kwezihlahla.
Ukutholakala kwaleli hlathi lasendulo ngaphansi komgodi omkhulu waseShayina kuwumphumela omangalisayo osikhanyisela ngomlando womhlaba wokuma komhlaba kanye nemvelo. Izinsalela ezigcinwe kahle kanye nesimiso semvelo esiyingqayizivele esitholakala endaweni yokucwila sinikeza ulwazi olubalulekile mayelana nezitshalo nezilwane zasendulo ezake zaba khona endaweni.
Lokhu kutholwa kungase futhi kusisize ukuqonda ukuthi indawo ezungezile Yomhlaba iguquke kanjani ezigidini zeminyaka nokuthi ingashintsha kanjani esikhathini esizayo. Sekukonke, lokhu okutholakele kuwubufakazi bezimangaliso zemvelo kanye nokubaluleka kokulondoloza nokutadisha isikhathi esidlule seplanethi yethu.
