20 Nā laʻana o nā muliwai o ʻAmelika Hema - 'Ōuli

Wikiō: The wreck of the large four-masted ship Pamir

Me ka inoa o Muliwai ʻIke ʻia i nā kahe kūlohelohe o ka wai mau e kahe ana i loko o nā wai like ʻē aʻe, i kapa ʻia he kai: ʻo nā kahawai nā kahawai o ke kai, a ʻo ia ka mea e komo ai i loko o ka moana, nā wai i loko o 71% o ka honua honua.

Piha ka honua i nā muliwai a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina he nui kekahi o lākou, e like me kēlā mau ʻāina i puka ʻole i ke kai, nā mokuʻāina i kapa ʻia he landlocked.

Loaʻa i nā kahawai a pau kahi ʻano ponoʻī o lākou. Aia ke kumu o ka muliwai i ka ʻāpana i kapa ʻia ʻōiwi, ka mea i hoʻomau ʻia e ka papa, ka mamao ma waena o ke kumu a me ka waha.

I ka papa kiʻekiʻe hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka pali kūpikipiki a me kahi neʻe wikiwiki loa o nā wai, me ka ʻānai ʻana i ke ala kū. ʻO nā papa kiʻekiʻe, ma ka hihia o ka maloʻo, nā awawa. Ma ka waena a me ka haʻahaʻa hiki i ka pali kahi maʻalahi, hoʻomau ka halihali a lilo ke kahakai i pae, hoʻonui i ka Awāwa. ʻO ka kanal ʻo ia ka lua e kahe ai ka wai, a ʻo ka waha kahi e ninini ai ka wai i kāna wai.

ʻO ke kaʻina hydrographic o nā kahawai e pono ai e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻae e hoʻoholo ai i ka muliwai a ʻo wai nā muliwai a me nā muliwai, nā kahawai e hāʻawi i kahi kahe i ka muliwai me ka ʻole o ka mea nui. Hoʻomaopopo mau ʻia e muliwai nui ʻo ke kahe nui o ka wai, a i ʻole me kona lōʻihi a i ʻole ka wahi hoʻokahe. I kekahi manawa ua like ka nui a me ke kahe o nā kahawai me nā kahawai, a i ʻole hoʻololi ʻia ke ʻano o ke kahe kiʻekiʻe e like me ka manawa o ka makahiki. ʻO kēia ke kumu no ka inoa maʻamau o nā muliwai like e kapa ʻia i nā ʻano he nui, a i ʻole nā kahawai nui e kapa ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole.

Ka hulihonua o ʻAmelike ʻĀkau ʻO ia kahi home i ka nui o nā kahawai, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou e pili pū ana me ke kahawai nui ʻo Misisipi-Missouri-ʻĀkau, kahi e noho ana ma kahi o 6000 mau kilomita. He ʻāpana waiwai ia i nā loko, ke ʻano glacial i ke kumu, e noho ana ma Kanada. E hōʻike ka papa inoa aʻe i kekahi mau laʻana o nā kahawai ma ʻAmelika Hema, me kahi ʻano pōkole o ka mea nui o lākou.

Ka muliwai Misisipi: Holo i ka ʻaoʻao waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. E kahe ana ia ma waena o ka ʻākau o Minnesota a me ke kahawai ʻo Mexico, me ka lōʻihi o ʻaneʻane 4,000 kilomika kilomika.
Mackenzie muliwai: Ka muliwai lōʻihi o Kanada, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka Loko Kauwa Nui, ma nā Teritori ʻĀkau Komohana. Holo ia i loko o ke kai Beaufort, ma ka wahi o Kanada.
Ke Kahawai ʻo St. Lawrence: Hānau ʻia ia ma Ontario, Kanada, a hakahaka pololei i loko o ka Moana ʻAkelanika, ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ka muliwai i kapa ʻia ʻo San Lorenzo, ka mea nui loa o ka honua.
Ke kahawai ʻo Colorado: Ma kahi o 2,500 mau mile ka lōʻihi. Ke hele ma waena o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAlikona, hana ia i kekahi o nā mea kupaianaha nui o ke kūlohelohe, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Grand Canyon of the Colorado'.
Muliwai ʻo Misisipi: Ka muliwai e hele aʻe ma nā ʻĀkau Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia kona kīʻaha no ka hoʻoawai wai, kaohi wai, a me ka hanauna mana uila.