Nature ayiyeki mangaza kuthi, ehlabathini kukho izinto ezininzi kangaka engaqhelekanga kunye umdla, ukuze, akubabona, umntu iqina nguwo. Babehamba yonke phezu komhlaba ubone zonke izinto uze ufunde ngazo zonke iintlobo zezityalo nezilwanyana nzima, kodwa ezinye ezikhumbuzo zendalo afumaneka kumazwe amaninzi, nto leyo evumela inani elikhulu labantu ukuze ukwazi kubo.
Ngu uhlobo indalo ezingaqhelekanga ziquka stalactite kunye ne stalacmites. Karst emiqolombeni zikhona kumazwe amaninzi, ngoko abakhenkethi ukwazi ziya kuba nako ukwanelisa ngokulula ukwazi yabo aligocagoce evela ngaphakathi. Akukho mfuneko ukuya kude, ngenxa yokuba kukho ukumangaliswa okunjalo eRashiya, eUkraine, stalactites ubuhle obonwabisayo stalacmites ke kwaSirayeli, China kunye eSlovakia.
ubungakanani kunye imilo kuxhomekeke kubukhulu emqolombeni kunye nendawo yayo. Abantu abaninzi bayazibuza ukuba yintoni na le stalactites umahluko kunye ne stalacmites. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba zombini ukusekwa calcium kunye nezinye izimbiwa. Nkqu emiqolombeni eziphakamileyo onamatye kukho iintanda ezincinane apho amanzi ungena ngaphakathi. Ekubeni imvula kufuneka uhambe umgama omde kakhulu, kodwa ukulawula ukungena kulo mqolomba, oko isendleleni yayo, bahlambe kude zezimbiwa ezikhoyo. Amanzi awupheli komlanjana; ngokuba emngxunyeni incinane kakhulu, ifike zamathontsana amancinci.
Stalactite ngolwimi lesiGrike elithetha "drop natekshy yi zokuquba." Le nto ngathi ngumhlatyana neetyuwa emiqolombeni karst. Baya kuza kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye neentlobo, uninzi icicles, bamanqatha, iindiza limsi. Nestalacmite zithi ngolwimi lesiGrike elithetha "imenyu", le yezimbiwa kuphumelela-up emhlabeni, liphuma ngaphaya kwexesha ngohlobo cone okanye izibonda. Babe lekalika, ityuwa okanye gypsum. Umehluko omkhulu phakathi ubuxoki ezimbini neziqu ezikhula stalactites ukusuka eluphahleni kunye ne stalacmites ukusuka ezantsi emqolombeni.
Stalactite kunye ne stalacmites kwezinye iimeko adityaniswe wajika waba ikholam ebizwa stalagnates. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba amawaka okanye ezigidi zeminyaka, ngokuba ezi luzizicuku emikhulu ingaqhutywa ezigidi zamathontsana amancinci. Indlela fastest kule nkqubo lwenzeka emiqolombeni ephantsi. Kukho akunakwenzeka ukuba kudlula ngenxa imiyalelo yeentsika zamafu.
Karst emiqolombeni zithathwa indawo ozithandayo ukutyelela abakhenkethi. Abantu abanomdla ukubona stalactite kunye ne stalacmites, isithombe ecaleni kwabo, ukuze azichukumise ngesandla. Ukuba kufutshane kule nto yendalo, uyazi ukuba likhona amakhulu amawaka okanye kwizigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo yaye iye yasinda unanamhla. E Cuba, kumqolomba Las Villas yafunyanwa nestalacmite zithi liphezulu ehlabathini, ifikelela ukuphakama 63 m. Le inkulu stalactite ilitye ingqalelo sandi isisitheliso kwi Grougi-to-Zhanelao eBrazil, ukuphakama kwayo ngu-32 m. EYurophu kananjalo iingxilimbela yayo, ngoko eSlovakia e nestalacmite mqolomba wafumana Buzgov ukuphakama 35.6 m.
Stalactite kunye ne stalacmites abo imvelaphi mnye, nangona khangela ezahlukeneyo. I yangaphambili ngokungangqalanga ubukeka, kwaye eyesibini - noboya kwaye ububanzi.