Lefa la Tlhago le Setšo leo le Kopanyago Lesotho le Afrika Borwa

Maloti-Drakensberg Park ke lefelo la UNESCO World Heritage leo le aparelago mollwane wa Mmušo wa Lesotho le Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa.

Le bopilwe ka Sehlabathebe National Park (6,500 ha) le uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park (242,813 ha), gomme ka kakaretšo ya 249,313 ha le emela nngwe ya mafelo a magolo a tšhireletšo go Great Escarpment ya Borwa bja Afrika.

Botse bja lefelo le bo bonagala ka marako a basalt a telele, maswika a sandstone a mmala wa gauta, meedi ya dinoka ye e tseneletšego, dikgoga le mekgobo ya maswika.

Bophagamo bjo bo akaretša mafulo a godimo le mabopo a meetse a ka godimo ga 2,750 m, gape lefelo le lemogwa bjalo ka RAMSAR site ka baka la bohlokwa bja lona go meetse le tikologo.

Sebaka se se šireletša mehuta ye mentši ya dimela tša mo nageng yeo e sa hwetšwego mafelong a mangwe, go akaretša mehuta ya dinonyana le diphoofolo tša bohlokwa bja lefase. Go akaretšwa Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), le Maloti minnow (Pseudobarbus quathlambae) yeo e hwetšwago fela Sehlabathebe National Park.

Lefa la setšo le matla ka gobane go na le mafelo a ka bago 690 a ditshwantsho tša maswikeng, ka diswantšho tše di fetago 35,000.

Tše ke tšona tše kgolo kudu ka bongata ka borwa bja Sahara. Di hlaloša diphoofolo, batho le bophelo bja semoya bja San ka nako ye telele ya mengwaga e fetago 4,000; gape go na le diswantšho tša mehla ya morago tšeo di amanago le batho ba bolelago dipolelo tša Bantu.

Bohlokwa bja Maloti-Drakensberg bo akaretša le meetse: Thukela River e elela go Indian Ocean, mola Senqu/Orange River e lebile Atlantic Ocean.

Le ge go na le ditšhošetšo tša mefoka ye šele, mollo, go jega naga, le go tsoma ka sephiring, taolo ya Lesotho le Afrika Borwa e gatelela gore “go epa meepo goba go nyakišiša meepo go thibetšwe ka botlalo” mo lefelong le le ka buffer zone ya lona.

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