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Sometimes it is not regarded as a lake due to the irregularity of the water level. [7] According to Hawaiian linguists Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini, the lake and the surrounding land division was named after its owner, either the Hawaiian high chief or the Oʻahu trickster god Hālaliʻi.
The Hawaii water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units. These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined ...
The Wailuku River is a 28.0-mile-long (45.1 km) [2] water course on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the longest river in Hawai'i and the largest in the state by mean discharge. Its course lies mostly along the divide between the lava flows of Mauna Kea and those of Mauna Loa to the south.
The lake has extremely clear water, and is the clearest natural body of fresh water yet reported. [3] [4] A 2011 study found its visibility ranged from 70 to 80 metres (230 to 260 ft), clearer than the 63 metres (207 ft) measured for Te Waikoropupu Springs, a previous record holder.
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In summer, Waimea typically has clear and calm water. The surf break at Waimea Bay was significant in the development of big wave surfing. Larger surf at the bay went unridden for years until November 7, 1957 [4] when a handful of surfers finally paddled out and rode the giant waves that break off the northern point of the bay. While the surf ...
Hikers risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots. Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Hawaii. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).