أورينوكو

Coordinates: 8°37′N 62°15′W / 8.617°N 62.250°W / 8.617; -62.250
Orinoco River
Río Orinoco
Orinoco Bridge.jpg
Orinoquia Bridge near Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Orinoco drainage basin map (plain)-es.svg
Orinoco's drainage basin
أورينوكو is located in ڤنزويلا
أورينوكو
الموقع
Countries
RegionSouth America
السمات الطبيعية
المنبعHydrological source (Main stem)
 ⁃ الموقعCerro Delgado-Chalbaud, Parima Mountains, Venezuela
 ⁃ الإحداثيات2°19′05″N 63°21′42″W / 2.31806°N 63.36167°W / 2.31806; -63.36167
 ⁃ المنسوب1,047 m (3,435 ft)
2nd sourceGeographical source (Orinoco-Guaviare-Guayabero-Papamene-Sorrento)
 ⁃ الموقعHeadwaters of Rio Sorrento, Paramo de Sumapaz, Meta, Colombia
 ⁃ الإحداثيات3°34′2″N 74°31′23″W / 3.56722°N 74.52306°W / 3.56722; -74.52306 (approximately)
 ⁃ المنسوب3,530 m (11,580 ft) (approximately)
المصبDelta Amacuro
 - الموقع
Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela
 - الإحداثيات
8°37′N 62°15′W / 8.617°N 62.250°W / 8.617; -62.250[1]
 - المنسوب
0 m (0 ft)
الطول2,250 km (1,400 mi)
مساحة الحوض989,000 km2 (382,000 sq mi)
العمق 
 - الأقصى100 m (330 ft)
التدفق 
 ⁃ الموقعOrinoco Delta, Atlantic Ocean
 ⁃ المتوسط(Period of data: 1926-2011)37,740 m3/s (1,333,000 cu ft/s)[2]
 ⁃ أدنى تدفق21,000 m3/s (740,000 cu ft/s)
 ⁃ أقصى تدفق54,000 m3/s (1,900,000 cu ft/s)
التدفق 
 ⁃ الموقعCiudad Bolívar, Venezuela (Basin size: 836,000 km2 (323,000 sq mi))
 ⁃ المتوسط( Period: 1926-2011)32,760 m3/s (1,157,000 cu ft/s)[3]
التدفق 
 ⁃ الموقعPuerto Ayacucho, Venezuela ( Basin size: 342,000 km2 (132,000 sq mi))
 ⁃ المتوسط(Period: 1926-2011)16,182 m3/s (571,500 cu ft/s)[4]
التدفق 
 ⁃ الموقعMasagua, Colombia (Basin size: 101,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi))
 ⁃ المتوسط4,400 m3/s (160,000 cu ft/s)
التدفق 
 ⁃ الموقعTama Tama, Venezuela (Basin size: 37,870 km2 (14,620 sq mi)
 ⁃ المتوسط1,400 m3/s (49,000 cu ft/s)
سمات الحوض
الروافد 
 - اليسرىCasiquiare, Atabapo, Guaviare, Vichada, Tomo, Cinaruco, Capanaparo, Meta, Arauca, Apure, Guárico
 - اليمنىMavaca, Sipapo, Ocamo, Ventuari, Suapure, Parguaza, Caura, Cuchivero, Aro, Caroní

يجري نهر اورينوكو في أمريكا الجنوبية وطوله 2,066 كم وله منبعان معروفان، كلاهما في هضاب پاريما في ڤنزويلا، قرب حدودها مع البرازيل. يجري النهر باتجاه الشمال نحو كولومبيا، ويشكل الحد الفاصل بين كولومبيا وڤنزويلا، ثم ينعطف النهر شرقًا. وقبل أن يصل إلى شاطئ البحر بمسافة 180 كم، يتفرع إلى عدة قنوات.

تستطيع بواخر المحيط الصغيرة أن تُبحر داخل النهر بعكس اتجاه التيار مسافة 418 كم من مصب النهر. كما تستطيع السفن أن تستخدم النهر مسافة 800 كم تقريبًا وراء منحدرات ميبوريس وايتيوريس. وتعتبر مدينة سيوداد بوليڤار مركزًا تجاريًا على نهر أورينوكو. وتبحر السفن التجارية بين مدينتي ترينيداد وسيوداد بوليڤار معظم أيام السنة. والفروع الرئيسية للنهر هي أپوره وكاروني ومـِتا وگواڤياره. وتبلغ أطوال النهر مع روافده الصالحة للملاحة 6,920 كم.

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أصل الاسم

The river's name is derived from the Warao term for "a place to paddle", itself derived from the terms güiri (paddle) and noko (place) i.e. a navigable place.[5][6]


تاريخ

خريطة اورينوكو السفلي، 1897

The mouth of the Orinoco River at the Atlantic Ocean was documented by Christopher Columbus on 1 August 1498, during his third voyage. Its source at the Cerro Delgado–Chalbaud, in the Parima range, was not explored until 453 years later, in 1951. The source, near the Venezuelan–Brazilian border, at 1,047 metres (3,435 ft) above sea level (2°19′05″N 63°21′42″W / 2.31806°N 63.36167°W / 2.31806; -63.36167), was explored in 1951 by a joint French-Venezuelan expedition.

The Orinoco, as well as its tributaries in the eastern llanos such as the Apure and Meta, were explored in the 16th century by German expeditions under Ambrosius Ehinger and his successors. In 1531, starting at the principal outlet in the delta, the Boca de Navios, Diego de Ordaz sailed up the river to the Meta. Antonio de Berrio sailed down the Casanare to the Meta, and then down the Orinoco River and back to Coro. In 1595, after capturing de Berrio to obtain information while conducting an expedition to find the fabled city of El Dorado, the Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh sailed down the river, reaching the savanna country.

Alexander von Humboldt explored the basin in 1800, reporting on the pink river dolphins. He published extensively on the river's flora and fauna.[7]

The sources of the Orinoco River, located at Cerro Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (2º19’05” N, 63º21’42” W), were discovered in 1951 by the French-Venezuelan expedition that went back and explored the Upper Orinoco course to the Sierra Parima near the border with Brasil, headed by Venezuelan army officer Frank Risquez Iribarren. [8][9]

The first bridge across the Orinoco River, the Angostura Bridge at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, was completed in 1967.[10]

In 1968, an expedition was set off by National Geographic and Hovercraft from Manaus in Brazil to Port Of Spain (Trinidad). Aboard of a SR.N6 hoverwork the expedicionaries followed the Negro river upstream to where it is joined by the Casiquiare canal in the border between Colombia and Venezuela. After following the Casiquiare to the Orinoco River they hovered thru perilous Rapids of Maipures and Atures. The Orinoco was then traversed down to its mouths in the Gulf of Paria and then to Port of Spain. The primary purpose of the expedition was filming for the BBC series "The World About Us" the episode "The Last Great Journey on Earth from Amazon to Orinoco by Hovercraft", aired in 1970, and demonstrate the abilities of a hovercraft, thereby promoting sales of this British invention.

The first powerline crossing of the Orinoco River was completed in 1981 for an 800 kV TL single span of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) using two towers 110 metres (360 ft) tall.[11] In 1992, an overhead power line crossing for two 400 kV-circuits was completed just west of Morocure (between the cities of Ciudad Bolívar and Ciudad Guayana), north of the confluence of Routes 1 and 19. It had three towers, and the two spans measured 2,161 metres (7,090 ft) and 2,537 metres (8,323 ft), respectively.[11][12][13][14]

In 2006, a second bridge, known as the Orinoquia Bridge, was completed near Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.[بحاجة لمصدر]


الجغرافيا

پانوراما نهر الاورينوكو.
نهر الاورينوكو، ثاني أطول نهر في أمريكا الجنوبية، عند التقاؤه مع نهر كاروني (أسفل اليسار)[15]


الأنهار الرئيسية في حوض اورينوكو

خريطة رافد گواڤياره.
  • Apure: from Venezuela through the east into the Orinoco
  • Arauca: from Colombia to Venezuela east into the Orinoco
  • Atabapo: from the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela north into the Orinoco
  • Caroní: from the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela north into the Orinoco
  • Casiquiare canal: in SE Venezuela, a distributary from the Orinoco flowing west to the Negro River, a major affluent to the Amazon
  • Caura: from eastern Venezuela (Guiana Highlands) north into the Orinoco
  • Guaviare: from Colombia east into the Orinoco
  • Inírida: from Colombia southeast into the Guaviare.
  • Meta: from Colombia, border with Venezuela east into the Orinoco
  • Ventuari: from eastern Venezuela (the Guiana Highlands) southwest into the Orinoco
  • Vichada: from Colombia east into the Orinoco


Economic activity

The river is navigable for most of its length, and dredging enables ocean ships to go as far as Ciudad Bolívar, at the confluence of the Caroní River, 435 kilometres (270 mi) upstream. River steamers carry cargo as far as Puerto Ayacucho and the Atures Rapids.

El Florero iron mine

In 1926, a Venezuelan mining inspector found one of the richest iron ore deposits near the Orinoco delta, south of the city of San Felix on a mountain named El Florero. Full-scale mining of the ore deposits began after World War II, by a conglomerate of Venezuelan firms and US steel companies. At the start in the early 1950s, about 10,000 tons of ore-bearing soil was mined per day.[16]

Tar sands

The Orinoco River deposits also contain extensive tar sands in the Orinoco oil belt, which may be a source of future oil production.[17]

Eastern Venezuelan basin

Union of the Orinoco with the Caroní River

Encompassing the states of Anzoategui-Guarico and Monagas states, the Interior Range forms the northern boundary and the Guayana Shield the southern boundary.[18]:155 Maturin forms the eastern subbasin and Guarico forms the western subbasin.[18]:156 The El Furrial oil field was discovered in 1978, producing from late Oligocene shallow marine sandstones in an overthrusted foreland basin.[18]:155

المصادر

  • الموسوعة المعرفية الشاملة
  • Stark, James H. 1897. Stark's Guide-Book and History of Trinidad including Tobago, Granada, and St. Vincent; also a trip up the Orinoco and a description of the great Venezuelan Pitch Lake. Boston, James H. Stark, publisher; London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company. (This book has an excellent description of a trip up the Orinoco as far as سيوداد بوليڤار and a detailed description of the Venezuelan Pitch Lake situated on the western side of the Gulf of Paria opposite.)
  • MacKee, E.D., Nordin, C.F. and D. Perez-Hernandez (1998). "The Waters and Sediments of the Rio Orinoco and its major Tributaries, Venezuela and Colombia." United States Geological Survey water-supply paper, ISSN 0083; 2326/A-B. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.
  • Weibezahn, F.H., Haymara, A. and M.W. Lewis (1990). The Orinoco River as an ecosystem. Caracas: Universidad Simon Bolivar.
  • Rawlins, C.B. (1999). The Orinoco River. New York: Franklin Watts.


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وصلات خارجية

المراجع

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  9. ^ Pablo J. Anduce. Shailili-Ko. Descubrimiento de las fuentes del Orinoco. Caracas: Talleres Gráficos Ilustraciones S. A., 1960
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  17. ^ Forero, Juan (1 يونيو 2006). "For Venezuela, A Treasure In Oil Sludge". The New York Times. Vol. 155, no. 53597. pp. C1–C6. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
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