Ensimini yaseMexico kunezintaba-mlilo nezintaba eziningi. Sivame ukubabiza ngegama iSpanish ebanikeze lona: uyazi ukuthi ayengobani amagama ezintaba eziphakeme kakhulu eMexico?
I-NAUHCAMPATÉPETL: INtaba Yesikwele
Eyaziwa kakhulu njenge Isifuba sikaPeroteLeli gama linikezwe isosha likaHernán Cortés, ogama lakhe linguPedro futhi wabizwa ngegama likaPerote, owayengowaseSpain wokuqala ukukhuphuka kulo. Kutholakala esifundeni saseVeracruz, sinokuphakama kwamamitha angu-4,282 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle futhi kungenye yezintaba ezinhle kakhulu eSierra Madre Oriental. Imithambeka yayo inemihosha ejulile kanye nezigaxa eziningana ze-basalt zesibili, imisinga yayo eyakha izingubo zokulala eziningi ezimbozwe ngophayini ne-oki.
IZTACCIHUATÉPETL (NOMA IZTACCÍHUATL): OWESIFAZANE OMhlophe
Yabhabhadiswa yiSpanish enegama le- ISierra Nevada; inokuphakama kwamamitha angu-5,286 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle nobude obungamakhilomitha ayi-7, okuyi-6 awo ambozwe iqhwa elingapheli. Ukusuka enyakatho kuye eningizimu kuveza izindawo ezintathu eziphezulu: ikhanda (5,146 m), isifuba (5,280 m) nezinyawo (4,470 m). Ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe kungaphambi kwePopocatepetl. Itholakala emingceleni yamazwe aseMexico nasePuebla.
IMATLALCUÉYATL (NOMA UMATLALCUEYE): Lowo ONESIKRAYI ESIBUHLUNGU
Kutholakala esifundeni saseTlaxcala, namuhla sazi ngegama le- "La Malinche", futhi empeleni linezindawo eziphakeme ezimbili ezinye izazi zejografi ezizihlukanisa njengeLa Malinche, enamamitha angu-4,073 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, kanye ne- "Malintzin", enezingu-4,107.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi igama elithi "Malinche" labekwa ngabomdabu baseHernán Cortés, kanti uMalintzin kwakunguDoña Marina, umhumushi wakhe odumile.
Isizwe sasendulo saseTlaxcala sasithatha le ntaba njengomfazi kankulunkulu wemvula.
CITLALTÉPETL, ICERRO DE LA ESTRELLA
Kuyinto edumile UPico de Orizaba, intaba-mlilo ephakeme kunazo zonke eMexico, enamamitha angu-5,747 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle futhi phezulu kwayo kubonisa imingcele phakathi kwamazwe asePuebla naseVeracruz. Kwaqhuma ngo-1545, 1559, 1613 nango-1687, kanti selokhu owokugcina engakhombisanga zimpawu zomsebenzi. I-crater yayo iyisiyingi futhi irimu ayijwayelekile, inokuphakama okungafani.
Ukuhlolwa okufanayo okukhona ubufakazi kwenziwa ngo-1839 ngu-Enrique Galeotti. Ngo-1873, uMartin Tritschler wafika kuleyo ngqungquthela wabeka ifulegi laseMexico kuyo.
I-POPOCATÉPETL: INtaba Ebhemayo
Ezikhathini zangaphambi kweSpanishi wayehlonishwa njengonkulunkulu futhi iqembu lakhe laligubha ngenyanga kaTeotlenco, okuhambelana nomhla wamashumi amabili nambili wonyaka. Iyintaba-mlilo yesibili ephakeme kunazo zonke ezweni, ephakeme ngamamitha angama-5452 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle. Esiqongweni sayo kunezintaba ezimbili: i-Espinazo del Diablo neMeya yasePico.
Umqansa wokuqala ongalungiswa kwakunguGeorge de Ordaz ngo-1519, owathunyelwa nguCortés ukuyokhipha isibabule, esasetshenziswa ekwakheni ubhontshisi.
XINANTÉCATL: INKOSI ENQunu
Yintaba-mlilo namuhla esiyazi ngokuthi iNevado de Toluca; emgodini wayo kunamachibi amabili amanzi okuphuza ahlukaniswe kancane yindunduma encane, futhi atholakala kumamitha angu-4,150 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle. Uma ukuphakama kwentaba-mlilo kuthathwa ePico del Fraile, itholakala kumamitha angu-4 558 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle. Engqungqutheleni yayo kuneqhwa elingapheli futhi imithambeka yalo imbozwe, kuze kufike ebangeni eliphakeme lama-4,100 m, ngamahlathi e-coniferous ne-oki.
I-COLIMATÉPETL: ICERRO DE COLIMAN
Igama elithi "colima" liyinkohlakalo yezwi elithi "colliman", lika-colli, "ingalo" nelomuntu "isandla", ukuze amagama uColiman no-Acolman afane, ngoba womabili asho ukuthi "indawo enqotshwe ngabakwa-Acolhuas". Intaba-mlilo inobude obungamamitha ayi-3 960 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle futhi ihlukanisa izifundazwe iJalisco neColima.
NgoJulayi 1994 yakhiqiza iziqhumane ezinkulu, ezadala i-alamu emadolobheni angomakhelwane.
