ʻO nā Top Five Water Supply of Belize

ʻO Sandwiched ma waena o Mexica, Guatemala a me Honduras ma ka moku Caribbean ma Central America,ʻo Belize kahi huakaʻi paradiso i kaulana no kona mau lāʻau lush a me kona kahakai piha. I nā mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa ka inoa maikaʻi loaʻo ia kekahi o nā mokupuniʻoihana luʻu luʻu nui o ka'āina. ʻO ka mahana o nā wai a me kaʻike maikaʻi loa he hapa nui ia o ka leʻaleʻa - akā he aha ka mea kūpono i ka Belize ke kū kokoke i ka Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System . ʻO kēia ka lua o nā mea nui o ke ākea i ka honua, a me keʻano o kekahi o nā meaʻoi loa. Hāʻawi ia i ka meaʻai a me ka hale hoʻomaha no kekahi o nā mea e ola ai nā mea ola, e like me nā holoholona e likeʻole me ka manehana Komohana o ke Komohana a me kaʻili.

Ua hoʻopau houʻia kēiaʻatikala a ua kākau houʻia e Jessica Macdonald ma ka lā 13 o Kepakemapa 2017.

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  ʻO ka Blue Blue Hole

  ʻOiaiʻo ia ka mea kaulana loa o nā buse o kahiʻo Belize,ʻo ke Blue Hole Nui ke kumu i hele ai nā huakaʻi he lehulehu i ka'āina ma ka mua. Kūkuluʻia ma kahi kokoke o kahi'āpana'āina i kapaʻiaʻo Lighthouse Reef, he kahawai hohonu o lalo he 1,043 kapuaʻi / 318 mau mika ma kahi a he 407 kapuaʻi / 124 mika hohonu. ʻO ke kūlana maikaʻi loa,ʻo kona hohonu nui ka mea e hāʻawi ai i ka sinkhole i ka'ahuʻula uliuli nui e kūlike ana me ka nani o ke aniani o ke kai a puni.

  I kēia manawa iʻikeʻia he kahua hoʻokele'āinaʻo UNESCO,ʻo ka Blue Blue Hole mua iʻimi muaʻia e Jacques Cousteau i ka makahiki 1971. Cousteau i kapaʻia ka pukaʻo ia kekahi o nā kumukūʻai o 10 honua nui loa, a me kēia mau lā, hele i nā lā a pau mai nā mokupuniʻo Belize eʻike i kāna hana kupanaha no lākou iho. Hoʻiʻia ka Blue Hole i ka hohonu o 132 kapuaʻi / 40 mau mika, a e ho'āʻo waleʻia paha e nā meaʻano'ē aʻe. Hōʻike nā hiʻona i nā hanana stalactite o ka lua, a me nā manō kahakai Caribbean e noho ana i ka hohonu.

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  ʻO Turneffe, Ka MoanaʻUlaʻula & Glock's Reef Atolls

  ʻO ka hemisphere Komohana kahi home heʻehā wale nō'āpana kola (ʻehā mauʻano kolekole me kahi laʻau ma waenakonu). ʻO kēia mau mea,ʻekolu aia i Belize - Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo'Imalamalama, Moana Ahu, a me kaʻOihana Moana. Hōʻikeʻia lākou a pau e ka nui o nā kola a me nā iʻa iʻa e mahaloʻia, a me keʻano o nāʻano luʻuwai e pili ana i nā papa pāpaku e pono ai no nā poʻe hoʻomaka, a me nā paia a me nāʻauwaha e pili ana i nāʻanoʻoihana'ē aʻe.

  He mea kaulana loa ka Lighthouse Reef Atoll i kahi o ka Blue Blue Hole, aʻo nā mea likeʻole e hōʻailona no kahi lā hele lōʻihi i ka pulu lepo, hiki ke hāʻawiʻia i ka manawa eʻoliʻoli ai i nā pali pāpaʻu ma nā pūpū o nā puʻu. I kapaʻia ma hope o ka panahi o ka seneturi 17, aia ka Gloto's Reef Atoll i kahi lawaiʻa nui, ākea a me nā pōhaku maikaʻi. He mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe hele me nā hoaalohaʻole i ka waiwai a iʻole kaʻohana, no ka mea,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka snorkeling maʻaneʻi.

  ʻO Turneffe Atoll ka mea nui loa a hiki i nā mea a Belize e hiki ai. Ua mālamaʻia kona kuleana i ka ola o ka'ōkele i ka holomua, e hana ana i kēia o nā koho maikaʻi loa no nā mea likeʻole me kahi manawa kuʻikuʻu.

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  ʻO Gladden Spit Marine Reserve

  Aia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ka'āina kokoke i Placencia,ʻo Gladden Spit Marine Reserve kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa ma Central America e luʻu ai i nā manō kūleʻa - aʻo kahi wale nō i ka honua kahi e hiki ai i kekahi ke hana pono me lākou ma luna o ka pale. Me ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi o ke kiʻekiʻe o 40 mau kapuaʻi / 12 mika,ʻo ka iʻa nui ka iʻa nui loa ma ka Honua. He kānana kānana nō ia, aʻaʻole loa he mea hoʻoweliweli i nā kānaka.

  Hoʻokipaʻia kēia mau kānakaʻoluʻolu e Gladden Spit ma o ka paleʻana i ka iʻa pahele, e like me ka mahina piha i nā mahina o ke kauwela a me ke kauwela. ʻOiai e hiki mai nā hālāwai mai Malaki a Iulai,ʻo nā mahina maikaʻi loa no kaʻikeʻana i nā manō kūleʻaʻoʻApelila a me Mei. Ponoʻoe e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi e like me nā lāʻekolu aʻehā paha ma mua a ma hope o ka mahina piha.

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  Hol Chan Marine Reserve & Shark Ray Alley

  Aia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Ambergris Caye ma ka'ākau o Belize,ʻo Hol Chan Marine Reserve ka wahi o ka'āina kahiko i mālamaʻia. ʻO kahi kikowaena he kahawai kūlohelohe ia ma ke kahakai,ʻo ia ke anaʻana he 75 kapuaʻi / 23 mau mika a me 30 kapuaʻi /ʻeiwa mau hohonu ka hohonu. Ua māheleheleʻia ka'āina i nāʻano likeʻole, e like me ke kola kai o ke kahawai, kahi mangrove a me nā moena momona.

  No nāʻano'ē aʻe, hiki paha i ke kahawai ke hāʻawi aku i ka maikaʻi loa. Maanei, nā kaha ikaika a me ka waiwai nui o nā meaʻai e hoʻopiʻi i ka nui o ke ola moana, e ulu ana mai ka iʻa hoʻolālā i nā kukui eagle, nā manuʻeleʻele, nā manu, a me nāʻanoʻokoʻa likeʻole o ke kai. ʻO kahi mea'ē aʻe o ka mālama'āinaʻo iaʻo Shark Ray Alley, kahi kahua kaiaulu maoli no nā manō nūnū a me nā kolo hema. Maanei, hiki ke hoʻohui me kekahi o kēia mau mea ma kahi kokoke.

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  Caye Caulker

  Aia ma waena o Turneffe Atoll a me Ambergris Caye e moe nani anaʻo Caye Caulker, kahi liʻiliʻi'eleʻa liʻiliʻi heʻelima mile ka lōʻihi a emi iho i ka mile ka laulā. ʻO kahi kahi i hoʻokahoʻia e hoʻokumu iāʻoe iho no kahi luʻu maikaʻi ma nā wahi a puni - a ma kahi kokoke i Belize Barrier Reef. ʻO kahi o ka Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, ke kahawai nei e kākoʻo i kahiʻano ola moana. Uaʻike nuiʻiaʻo ia no konaʻano iʻa iʻa (ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo i nā poʻe iʻa a me nā mane ākau), a me nā mea momona (ʻo ia hoʻi nā dolphins). Hiki i ka Caye Caulker'Āpana Marine ke hāʻawi aku i ka manawa e hoʻopuka ai me nā'ōpū a me nā manō hānai.