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Mzima Springs are a series of four natural … Mzima Springs are a series of four natural springs in Tsavo National Park, Kenya. They are located in the west of the Park, around 48 km from Mtito Andei. The source of the springs is a natural reservoir under the Chyulu Hills to the north. The Chyulu range is composed of volcanic lava rock and ash, which is too porous to allow rivers to flow. Instead, rain water percolates through the rock, and may spend 25 years underground before emerging 50 kilometres away at Mzima. The natural filtration process gives rise to Mzima's famously clear stream, which flows through a series of pools and rapids. Two kilometres downstream from the springs, the stream is blocked by a solidified lava flow and disappears below the surface again. Mzima is one of Tsavo's most popular wildlife attractions owing to its resident populations of hippos and Nile crocodiles. Mzima's isolation makes both species dependent on its waters: other sources are too distant for them to reach by overland travel. The hippos also sustain an entire food chain. They browse the surrounding savannah by night and return to Mzima's pools by day, where their dung fertilises the water. Fruiting trees such as date and raffia palms, waterberrys and figs grow beside the water, using their submerged roots to absorb nutrients. Their fruits are a source of food for vervet monkeys and a variety of birds. Below the water's surface, the invertebrates which feed on the hippo dung are preyed on by fish and cormorants. The springs were made famous by wildlife film-makers Alan and Joan Root's 1969 nature documentary Mzima: Portrait of a Spring, which featured underwater footage of the hippos and crocodiles. They were also the subject of the Survival Special Mzima: Haunt of the Riverhorse in 2003, which featured the first footage of a hippo infanticide. In 2009, a prolonged drought proved catastrophic for Mzima's wildlife. Starving game animals were driven to permanent water sources in their thousands, bringing them into competition with the resident hippos. The grassland surrounding the spring turned to desert and hippos began starving to death. In September 2009, only five remained, down from 70 in 2003, and journalists reported seeing carcasses floating in the pools.ed seeing carcasses floating in the pools.
, Le sorgenti di Mzima sono una serie di qua … Le sorgenti di Mzima sono una serie di quattro sorgenti naturali che si trovano nello Parco nazionale dello Tsavo in Kenya. Più precisamente si trovano nella parte occidentale del parco a circa 48 km da . L'acqua filtra tra le rocce laviche dell'altopiano di Tsavo fino in profondità, poi scorre per 30 km, prima sgocciolando, poi impetuosamente in corsi sotterranei, finché non trova uno strato di roccia solida che ne blocca il corso; lì riemerge alla superficie sulla pianura a Mzima, creando un lago di acqua limpida e fresca, in apparenza apparso miracolosamente nel mezzo di una zona completamente arida, chiamato le sorgenti Mzima appunto. Le sorgenti di Mzima possono essere considerate un ecosistema a sé stante; nelle loro acque vivono, si nutrono e si riproducono un'innumerevole serie di animali, che a loro volta risultano indispensabili per la sopravvivenza del lago stesso.bili per la sopravvivenza del lago stesso.
, Les fonts Mzima (en anglès, Mzima Springs) … Les fonts Mzima (en anglès, Mzima Springs) són una sèrie de quatre fonts naturals situades a Tsavo West National Park de Kenya a uns 48 km de . L'origen de les fonts és un embassament natural als turons Chyulu Hills situats al nord. La serralada Chyulu és volcànica i és massa porosa per sostenir rius però l'aigua de pluja s'infiltra. Dos km més enllà de les fonts, el torrent d'aigua que es forma queda blocat per la lava solidificada i torna a desaparèixer sota la superfície. Mzima és una de les atraccions sobre la vida silvestre més populars de Kenya, hi ha cocodrils i hipopòtams. Entre les plantes hi ha espècies de figueres i el . L'any 2009, Mzima va patir una secada perllongada que va ser catastròfica per la vida silvestre. Els herbassars es van convertir en un desert i els hipopòtams van passar tanta gana que van morir. El setembre de 2009 només en quedaven cinc,. Mzima Springs, Marere, i Tiwi al Comtat Kwale proporcionen aigua a les zones costaneres de Kenya (després de Baaricho que dona 90 milions de litres per dia). Aquestes tres fonts proporcionen 20 milions de litres d'aigua per dia a les poblacions de Voi, Mariakani, i la Costa Sud.lacions de Voi, Mariakani, i la Costa Sud.
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Les fonts Mzima (en anglès, Mzima Springs) … Les fonts Mzima (en anglès, Mzima Springs) són una sèrie de quatre fonts naturals situades a Tsavo West National Park de Kenya a uns 48 km de . L'origen de les fonts és un embassament natural als turons Chyulu Hills situats al nord. La serralada Chyulu és volcànica i és massa porosa per sostenir rius però l'aigua de pluja s'infiltra. Dos km més enllà de les fonts, el torrent d'aigua que es forma queda blocat per la lava solidificada i torna a desaparèixer sota la superfície.i torna a desaparèixer sota la superfície.
, Le sorgenti di Mzima sono una serie di qua … Le sorgenti di Mzima sono una serie di quattro sorgenti naturali che si trovano nello Parco nazionale dello Tsavo in Kenya. Più precisamente si trovano nella parte occidentale del parco a circa 48 km da . Le sorgenti di Mzima possono essere considerate un ecosistema a sé stante; nelle loro acque vivono, si nutrono e si riproducono un'innumerevole serie di animali, che a loro volta risultano indispensabili per la sopravvivenza del lago stesso.bili per la sopravvivenza del lago stesso.
, Mzima Springs are a series of four natural … Mzima Springs are a series of four natural springs in Tsavo National Park, Kenya. They are located in the west of the Park, around 48 km from Mtito Andei. The source of the springs is a natural reservoir under the Chyulu Hills to the north. The Chyulu range is composed of volcanic lava rock and ash, which is too porous to allow rivers to flow. Instead, rain water percolates through the rock, and may spend 25 years underground before emerging 50 kilometres away at Mzima. The natural filtration process gives rise to Mzima's famously clear stream, which flows through a series of pools and rapids. Two kilometres downstream from the springs, the stream is blocked by a solidified lava flow and disappears below the surface again.ow and disappears below the surface again.
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