Kunezihlahla eziningi ezinde kepha ezinye izibonelo zivela ngobukhulu bazo obukhulu.. Zitholakala ezindaweni ezithile ebalazweni lomhlaba bese zibeka amarekhodi okuba yizihlahla ezinde kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
Kuze kube kungekudala, bekukholelwa ukuthi i- isihlahla eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni kwakuyi-sequoia ebomvu, eyaziwa kangcono njenge- "The Giant of the Stratosphere." Yena uqobo uphumula endaweni I-Redwood National Park kanti isilinganiso sokugcina sikhombise ukuthi ingamamitha ayi-113 ubude. Kodwa-ke, kwabuye kwatholakala ukuthi emamitheni ambalwa lapho kwakukhona isihlahla esidlula ngokuphakama.
IHyperion enhle kakhulu
Kuleli paki lesizwe laseCalifornia kuhlala isihlahla esibhabhadiswe njenge I-Hyperion, etholwe abagibeli bezintaba ezimbalwa. Ekuqaleni kusuka kuleso simo, kuyi- I-Sequoia Sempervirens enokuphakama kwamamitha ayi-115,61, ngaleyo ndlela iba yi isihlahla eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
Kuyinto a isihlahla esihlala siluhlaza esingafinyelela ubude obungamamitha ayi-100 futhi inesimo sephiramidi. Amaqabunga ahlala unyaka wonke futhi aqinile futhi abukhali. Anombala oluhlaza okotshani ohlangothini olungenhla futhi amhlophe ohlangothini olungezansi, aqinile kakhulu futhi anama-lanced.
Lesi sihlahla saziwa nangokuthi sijiyile futhi simnyama isiqu esingafinyelela kumamitha ayi-5 ububanzi futhi inegxolo elingajwayelekile elixebukayo ukuveza ukhuni olubomvu ngokwengeziwe. Ucwaningo luye lwabalwa ukuthi isihlahla sinamamitha ayi-cubic metres angama-526.69.
Umndeni wakwaSequoia
Ngamamitha ayo ayi-115.61 ukuphakama, i- Hyperion Kutholakala kwemvelo, kubhekwa njengesidalwa esiphakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Lesi sibonelo sihlala nezinye izigebenga njengoba zihlala eRedwood National Park, indawo eluhlaza lapho izihlahla eziningi zomndeni womndeni sequoia. Eziningi zazo zifinyelela ezindaweni eziphakeme kakhulu kepha iHyperion yinde kunazo zonke.
Njengawo wonke amaSequoia, lesi sihlahla sithanda inhlabathi ejulile futhi epholile kepha futhi inomswakama. Yize inamandla amakhulu okuzivumelanisa namazinga okushisa ahlukene, ayilibekezeleli kahle iqabaka.
Ngaphezu kokunikeza izihlahla ezinde kakhulu njengezipho, umndeni wakwaSequoia ugqama ngokuphila kwawo isikhathi eside, futhi nawo ukhula ngokushesha okukhulu. Isihlahla esimaphakathi singakhula amamitha ayi-1,80 ngonyaka phakathi kweminyaka emine kuya kweyishumi ubudala.
Sawubona, ngiyaxolisa kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi impilo ende yeminyaka eyi-1 million ye-sequoia ayihambelani neqiniso, ngivakashele amapaki kazwelonke aseCalifornia lapho kutholakala khona lezi zihlahla, iYosemite ikakhulukazi iSequoia National Park futhi sengifunde ngale ndaba futhi Impilo ende yalezi zinhlobo yinde kakhulu, kodwa hhayi isikhathi eside kangako, cishe iminyaka engama-3000. Kuthiwa kuthatha iminyaka eyi-1000 yokuqala ukufinyelela ukuphakama kwayo okuphezulu kanti eminye iminyaka engu-2000 isihlahla sikhula ngosayizi, kuphela. Amelana nomlilo, kepha agcina ngokufa phakathi naleso sikhathi okungenani. Sanibonani.