- Length: 2,200 km;
- Yanki na basin: 973,000 km²;
- Source tsawo sama da ruwa: 3,350 m;
- Hasashen: Alexander Bay;
- Kasashen: Afirka ta Kudu, Lesotho, Namibia.
Kogin Orange yana daya daga cikin bakwai mafi tsawo a kogin Afirika. A wani lokaci ake kira Orange River ko kawai Orange. Kogin yana gudana a jihohin da dama: Lesotho , Afirka ta Kudu da Namibia. Da sunansa, kogin ya buƙatar kullun da ruwa, amma zuwa daular Royal Orange na Netherlands, ko kuma ana kiran kogin bayan William na Orange. Ga ƙananan mulkin Lesotho - wannan na ɗaya daga cikin koguna na farko da suke da muhimmancin gaske, yana ba da yawan mutanen da ruwa.
Geography
Asalin kogin yana cikin yankin ƙasar Lesotho a duwatsu na Maluti, Taba-Putsoa da Dutsen Drakensberg a kusan kimanin 3300 m sama da teku. Saboda wannan matsayi na gefen, asalin kogin a cikin hunturu sukan shafewa, wanda ya sa ya bushewa a sauran wurare. Tsawonsa tsawonsa yana da kilomita 2,200, kuma yankin basin yana kusa da kilomita 973. Mafi girma a cikin Kogin Orange shine Caledon, Waal, Kogin Kifi.
Duk da tsayin kogi, zurfin kogin bai yarda da jiragen ruwa su yi tafiya ba. Amma lokacin damina da zurfinta zai iya kai 6 - 10 m.
Abin da zan gani?
A ƙasar Lesotho, Kogin Orange yana gudana a cikin yankin na Liphofung, inda aka samu ganyayyaki a cikin kogo na mazaunan zamanin da. Shekaru na zane-zanen su kimanin shekara dubu 100 ne.
Wani jan hankali na Kogin Orange yana daya daga cikin kyakkyawan ruwa na Afiriki - Augrabis, wanda tsawo ya kai mita 146. Ruwan ruwa yana cikin yankin Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Kudu.
Wani ɓangaren wannan gudummawar shi ne yashi na yashi, wanda kogin ya wanke a bakinsa, a cikin lokacin da kogin na yanzu ya raunana. Tsawon irin kudaden yashi na nisan kilomita 33.
Kuma a cikin 947, a kan iyakokin bankuna na Kogin Orange, an gano kudaden lu'u-lu'u da zinariya, wanda har yanzu an wanke kusa da bakin kai tsaye daga yashi.
Har ila yau, yawon shakatawa ya yi kyau ga kogin ta hanyar yawon shakatawa saboda rashin manyan dabbobi kamar karnododile ko hippos. A ƙasashen Afrika ta Kudu, ana hawan tafiya a kan kogi, sannan kuma rafting ko kama kifi.
Ina zan zauna?
Don sha'awar asalin Kogin Orange a cikin Dutse na Dragon , za ku iya tsayawa a Boikhethelo Guest House a Mokotlonga a mulkin Lesotho. Kudin farashin ma'auni a nan ya fara daga $ 45. Don bincika koguna tare da zane-zane na launi na Liphofung, wanda zai iya zama a cikin ɗayan 'yan tsiraru a Buta Bute . Alal misali, yankin B & B na Mamohase B & B (farashin masauki mai tsabta - daga $ 65) ko Kabelo Bed & Breakfast (ɗakunan dakunan suna da kuɗin daga $ 45).
Don sha'awar ruwafall Augebis, ya kamata ka zauna a daya daga cikin hotels a kusa a Afirka ta Kudu:
- Dundi Lodge 4 *. Farashin masauki a ɗakin tsararra yana farawa a $ 90. Hotel din yana ba da kyauta, kyauta da gidan cin abinci.
- Plato Lodge. Kudin farashin daki mai tsabta yana farawa daga $ 80. Har ila yau, hotel din yana ba da kyauta, kuma yana iya ba da lafaziyar ruwa a cikin tafkin ko dandano a cikin gidan abincin da ke cikin gida.
- Augrabies Valle Guesthouse. Kudin dakin daki yana farawa daga $ 50. Har ila yau, karamin hotel ɗin yana da filin ajiye kyauta da kuma gada.
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