Sensors components and their importance and types 2022

 

In the heart of Colombia, in a completely unpolluted environment and one of the cleanest in the world, the Caño Cristales, also known as the Five Colors River and the Liquid Rainbow, flows in the famous Serrania de la Macarena National Park, which is located in the Colombian province of Meta. This river extends about 100 kilometers and is famous for its vitality, as it is not found anywhere else on the face of the earth.

Colors of the rainbow ?

From June to November every year, the bed of this river is decorated with a wonderful spectrum of fuchsia, purple, pink, green and yellow. These colors, which are classified as very beautiful, appear when there are rare endemic plant species, these plants are known as Macarenia clavigera.

The river bed appears the rest of the year, in dark green colors close to dark coral in shape. The growth and color of a plant is determined by many factors; The most important of these factors are:

• Rainfall.
• the heat .
• Sun rays.

Under these variables, the river looks dramatically different every year. Caño crystals also contain waterfalls, ponds, and caves, making the landscape more beautiful than anywhere on Earth.

A rare plant in this lake

Macarinia claviigera is an extremely rare plant species that requires harsh environmental conditions for its development; The unique geological formation of this place and the climatic conditions in this region make it the only place where this plant is found on the planet.

Flow of the Caño Crystals . River

The Caño Crystals River flows over an enormous rock formation known as the Guyanese Shield that stretches across northeastern South America. The Guyanese shield has an age of 1.7 billion years; It is one of the oldest and most valuable geological formations that exist on this planet. It is rich in important minerals, such as rocks:

• phosphorous;
• Iron.
• quartz;
• And a lot of important minerals that support the growth of macarenia claviigera.

And a lot of important minerals that support the growth of macarenia claviigera.

This wonderful place was unknown to the world until very recently. One of the things that helped the world not know about this place is that it is so remote that it requires the help of professional guides to get to it, the whole area was a great theater of a long war between the Colombian authorities and drug dealers as well as the FARC.

In 1989, a Colombian journalist named Andres Hurtado García embarked on an adventure far from the eye of revolutionary struggles. He took pictures and published them in a local newspaper, calling this river "the most beautiful river in the world."

Colombian forces took control of the area after reaching a deal with the rebels in 2016, allowing thousands of adventurers from around the world to visit the river each year.

ecosystem fragility 

This area was characterized by a fragile ecosystem, the government took very strict measures to protect the plant.Examples of such strict measures include:

• No more than 200 people can enter the area per day.
• Group visits should not exceed seven people.
• Visitors are not allowed to bring chemicals that can pollute the water. 
• During dry seasons, the area is closed off until the ecosystem recovers.

The threat of extinction of Macarinia claviigera 

Deforestation greatly affects the forms of precipitation in the region; Which directly affects the clarity of the river water. Thus, damage to the habitat conditions of the Macarinia claviigera will in turn lead to its extinction.