Umuthi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni: the Sequoia, isihlahla baobab banyan

Yini igama kwesihlahla enkulu emhlabeni? Impendulo yalo mbuzo, kubonakala, ngisho umfundi uyazi - Yiqiniso, lena Sequoia! Lezi zihlahla giant, ezimila eNyakatho Melika eduze nogu Pacific, lafinyelela ukuphakama engaphezu kwekhulu amamitha! Ubani, uma kungekhona kubo, ukunikeza entendeni? Kodwa akubona bonke ngakho elula. Iqiniso lokuthi nawu umbuzo, indlela yokubala. ukuthatha kuphela ku-akhawunti ukuphakama, noma ngisho ukujiya kanye nenani amamitha angama-cubic kilometer izinkuni, ebiyelwe esihlahleni esikhulu kunazo zonke? Futhi acabangele kuphela wamanje eziphilayo izihlahla, kodwa indiva yalabo abanhliziyo Ubukhulu aye alotshwa kulo nesishiyagalolunye noma ekuqaleni kwekhulu lamashumi amabili, bese bagawula noma kwaphulwa iSiphepho bona? Kodwa izinto zokuqala kuqala.

Umuthi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni by ukuphakama kube yimanje - iyona Sequoia, okuyinto wathola igama layo siqu "Hyperion", kuba "ukukhula" ku eziyikhulu namashumi nanhlanu nengxenye amamitha. Ngokuthakazelisayo, isihlahla ebuka futhi kulinganiswa kwaba kuphela 2006. Ibe isilandelwa futhi Sequoia "Helios" nge ukuphakama eziyikhulu nane namamitha futhi amasentimitha ayisithupha nesishiyagalolunye. Ngemuva umholi - kancane ngaphezu kwesigamu kuphela! Endaweni yesithathu - "Icarus" ukuphakama kancane abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu nantathu amamitha, futhi sesine - Sequoia "Stratosphere Giant" (owodwa neshumi nambili amamitha).

Kungase kubonakale sengathi isihlahla enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni - kuyadingeka Sequoia. Cha The esiphezulu e samuva nje bebelokhu izihlahla ezahlukene kakhulu ezimila Nenkabazwe eningizimu - e-Australia. Ngo-1872, i-wehlathi wendawo silungise ukuphakama zikagamthilini giant ezikhula endaweni subordinated kuso. Tree ukuphakama futhi lalilikhulu kakhulu kunaleyo "Hyperion": ngayikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu amamitha! Futhi iminyaka eyishumi nantathu kamuva sasibalwa omunye zikagamthilini Australia. Wayengumuntu kancane, kodwa namanje kakhulu ngaphezu Sequoia wamanje - abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nantathu amamitha! Ngeshwa, lezi zidlakela zazifile kuze kube namuhla. Ezimweni eziningi, lokhu kwaba imithi emidala kakhulu, futhi ishone ngezimo zemvelo.

Njengoba asebenzelana ngayo ukuthi, okuyinto esihlahleni esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni by ukuphakama, bheka, kuthiwani Ukusabalala. Lapha, yebo, entendeni ukugcina Afrika ama-baobab ngesiNgisi. Nge ukukhuphuka elincane (kufika ku amamitha amabili nanhlanu) banayo Ukusabalala ngamamitha amane! Thanda imiphongolo isicaba. Baobab nakanjani kwesihlahla thickest emhlabeni. isihloli Afrika uDavid Livingstone wagomela ukuthi kwase ngentende a baobab walala abantu amathathu nje! Baobab futhi esinye sezihlahla kakhulu isikhathi eside. Indlela Radiocarbon Dating luthole ukuthi baobab ngobukhulu abe eziphambili kakhulu ubudala - kuze kube iminyaka eyinkulungwane emihlanu! Kwakumelwe kakade amakhulu amaningana eminyaka ubudala, lapho ukwakhiwa kwemibhoshongo yaseGibhithe lokuqala waseGibhithe waqala.

Izihlahla ezinkulu emhlabeni - hhayi ngempela aphakeme noma obukhulu kakhulu. isihlahla Banyan, esakhula kwelinye Indian zokulondolozwa, uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izingqwele iminyaka nesizotha kakhulu - cishe iminyaka emibili namashumi ayisihlanu, nokuphakama kwawo iphansana - amamitha amabili nanhlanu. Kepha idume ngokuthi isihlahla, ne umqhele esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ihlanganisa indawo ethile ehektheleni uhhafu! Banyan kuveza amagatsha ovundlile we okuthiwa "izimpande zasemoyeni". Iningi lazo bafe, kodwa labo ukufinyelela umhlaba, ake into yangempela, "futhi wenziwe ngothuli" kanye izimpande baqale ngokushesha "uthole amafutha". Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, cishe akunakwenzeka ukuhlukanisa esiqwini. Uma ukude awukwazi kubonakala eyodwa Grove banyan ezinjalo, kodwa eqinisweni kuba - umuthi owodwa kuphela "zasesiteji" inezinto zemvelo eziningi kangaka.