Letsha la Tumba

Letsha la Ntomba, ka bohibidu

Letšha la Ntomba (kgotsa Tumba) ke letsha le le seng boteng kwa ntlheng e e kwa bokone-bophirima jwa Democratic Republic of the Congo kwa kgaolong ya Bikoro kwa Equateur. Leina Tumba le tswa mo go tlhokeng go bitsa leina le sentle ga beng gae.

Letsha le bophara jwa dikhilomithara di le makgolo a supa, masome a marataro le botlhano go tswa mo pakeng, le kopantswe le noka ya Congo ke mosele wa Irebu. Metsi a ka elela go tswa kgotsa go tsena mo letsheng ka mosele o go tswa ka paka le merwalela. Letsha la Ntomba le na le mefuta e le lekgolo, lesome le bone ya ditlhaphi ebile le eme nokeng marekisetso a ditlhaphi a a botlhokwa. Letsha le kwa legareng la kgaolo ya Ntomba-Ngiri-Maindombe ke lefelo la makgobokgobo le le botlhokwa go ya ka bokopano jwa Ramsar ka 2008.

Letsha la Ntomba le sekasekilwe ka 1883 ke Henry Morton Stanley. Sekgwa se se dikaganyeditseng letsha se nniwa ke batho ba morafe wa Mongo ba mo kgaolong e ba kgaoganeng gabedi: ba Oto ba ba lemang ba rua, le ba Twa, ba ba tshwarang ditlhapi.