ʻO ka hanaʻana i ka wai waikiko kekahi o nā meaʻoluʻolu loa e kiʻi mai iā A a hiki i B, a ke heleʻoe i kahi huakaʻi ma ka wai keʻokeʻo, ke nānā neiʻoe e leʻaleʻa i ka hele ma mua o ka nānāʻana i kahi e hiki ai i ka huakaʻi . ʻO ka hauʻoli maoli no ka hapanui o nā kānaka he manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko lākou heleʻana i ka hoʻokomoʻana a me ka hoeʻana i nā kahawai, aʻo nā'ōpū a huli i loko o ka muliwai e kōkua maoli i ka holomua o ka huakaʻi.
Eia naʻe,ʻo ka nui o nā heleʻana,ʻaʻole ia e pili wale ana i nā rapids, no ka mea,ʻo nā manawa kūpono o ka muliwai e kōkua iāʻoe e hoʻomaha a me ka leʻaleʻa i nā wahi iʻikeʻia e kahe ana kēia mau muliwai, me kahi o nāʻoihana maikaʻi loa o ka'āina.
ʻO Tuolumne River, Kaleponi
Ke holo nei mai ka hiwahiwa nani o ka Puʻupuʻu Yosemite,ʻo kēia kiʻi hoʻokeleʻo ia kekahi o nā huakaʻi kaulana loa ma ka'āina, aʻo ka hana e hiki ke hoʻonuiʻia ma kahi o hoʻokahi,ʻelua aʻekolu mau lā. Aia kēia ma kahi mākau a mamao loa o ka moku'āina, no laila,ʻaʻole nui nā kūlanakauhale ma ia wahi,ʻoiaiʻo Sonora lāuaʻo Groveland nā kumuhana e hoʻohanaʻia e ka poʻe i hele mai eʻimi i ka muliwai. Hāʻawiʻia nā haʻawina nui o ka papa IV a me V i ka wā e hele ai, me ka Tuolumne e hāʻawi ana i kahi wai maloʻo e holo ana i loko o kēia malo maloʻo a wela o ka moku'āina.
Mokupuniʻo Colorado, Arizona
I ka laweʻana i nā malihini ma kahiʻoihana kaulana o ka mokuʻoʻAmelika Huipūʻia,ʻo ka hoʻouluʻana i kēia kahawai e hāʻawi aku ana i nāʻano pahuhopu he nui'ē aʻe, me nā hiʻohiʻonaʻano nui o ka Grand Canyon e hana ai no kahi mea kupanaha loa i ka hana.
ʻO Flagstaff kahi kumu nui loa kahi e hoʻomaka ai i kāu huakaʻi ma kēia kahawai nui, a he nui nāʻano mai kahi lā hele i nā hoʻolāʻihi lōʻihi e hiki ai ke mālama i nā hebedomaʻelua, a me nā hana'ē aʻe e pili ana i ke ala.
Ka muliwaiʻo Arkansas, Colorado
Kūkuluʻia ma kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o nā Mauna Loa pōhaku ma Colorado, ke hāʻawi nei ka muliwaiʻo Arkansas i kahi'ōpiopio i kahi e holo ai i ka wai, me ka muliwai i uhiʻia e nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe ma nāʻaoʻao a pau.
Hoʻokumuʻia nā rapids a hiki i ka Papa V, me kaʻoluʻolu nui o ka hauʻoli ma lalo o ke kahawai nani o ke Aliʻi Nui, kahi nani nani o ke kapa e hoʻopihaʻia me ka wai keʻokeʻo.
ʻO ke kahawaiʻo Deschutes, Oregon
ʻO ka hapanui o ke kālaiʻana i ka wai ma kahi o nā Deskutes,ʻo ia nō he mau mile mile mai ka muliwai e holo mai ke kūlanakauhale Deschutes a hiki i ka Pelton Dam. Holo ka muliwai i loko o kahi nani nani a me kekahi mau huapalapala nui i aneaneʻole i hanaʻia e ka hana kanaka, a uaʻikeʻia no ka mea kanuʻano nani, me nā holoholona e like me ka dia, nā manu nui a me nā manu iʻikeʻia ma ke ala e hele ai.
ʻO Salmon River, Idaho
Aia ma kahi o nā wahi mamao loa o ka'āina, hele kēia muliwai maikaʻi ma waena o nā'āina mehamehaʻole me nā awāwa me nā awāwa nani, a hāʻawi mai i nāʻano likeʻole likeʻole o nā holo. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa i nā pūpū nui loa i loaʻa ma kaʻaoʻao o Middle Fork o ka muliwai, akāʻo ka poʻe eʻimi ana i kahi holo lōʻihi e hiki ke hoʻokipa i ka hebedoma maikaʻi o kēia kahawai.
ʻO River Chattooga, Georgia a me South Carolina
Hiki i nā'onike Papa V a me nā mea i loaʻa ma ka Mokuna IV o ke kahawai e lawa i ka paʻakikī i nā kahawai i ka wā e kiʻekiʻe ai ka wai,ʻoiai ka emi o ke kahawai a me ke kahawai i ke kauwela e hāʻawi aku i ka hoʻokipa alohaʻohana.
Ke hele nei i kekahi mau awāwa maikaʻi a hele i loko o kekahi mau kapa maikaʻi, he wahi nui kēia no ka hoʻoukaʻana ma ka hema hikina.