I-United States yongeze nje ipaki entsha yelizwe kuluhlu lwayo lomhlaba omangalisayo woluntu: IPaki yeSizwe yoMlambo iGorge kunye nokuGcina. Le paki yase West Virginia ihamba ngeemayile ezingama-53 zoMlambo oMtsha kwaye iquka iihektare ezingama-70,000 zomwonyo omnandi. Kwaye, ibonelela ngamathuba amaninzi okuhamba intaba, ukuhamba ngeebhayisikile, ukunyuka, kunye ne-rafting yamanzi amhlophe.
Ukongezwa kwoluhlu olude lweepaki zikazwelonke zase-US kusenze sazibuza-zingaphi iipaki zelizwe ezikhoyo?
INational Park Service yase-U.S. Yasekwa ngo-1916, kodwa ipaki yokuqala yelizwe yaphambi kwayo - i-Yellowstone National Park yaqala ngo-1872 xa uMongameli u-Ulysses S. Grant wayityikitya yangumthetho. Kwiminyaka ukusukela oko, iMelika yafumana i-63 iyonke iipaki zesizwe , ukusuka kumantla eAlaska ukuya emanzini eFlorida Keys. (Ukubabona bonke, kuya kufuneka undwendwele imimandla engama-30 kunye nemimandla emibini yase-U.S.)
Ngelixa iNkqubo yeSizwe yePaki ineendawo ezingama-423 zepaki yesizwe, zingama-63 kuphela kuzo ezibizwa ngokuba ziPaki yeSizwe ngamagama abo. Ezinye iisayithi zingena kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zePaki yeSizwe ezinjengeeNdawo zeMbali zeSizwe, iZikhumbuzo zeSizwe, uLwandle lweLizwe, iiNdawo zoLonwabo zikaZwelonke kunye nezinye. Iwebhusayithi yeNPS inesandla Imephu yeeNdawo zeSizwe zeU.S. , Kunye noluhlu lweePaki zeSizwe zase-U.S.
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