He nani ka nani a me ka hihiu o ka'Ākau Hema. Akā,ʻaʻohe mea i hoʻohālikelikeʻia i nā wailele iʻAmelika Hema. ʻO ia he paepae me ka wai e hoʻoukaʻia i nāʻano hoʻonani, aiʻole ka mea hoʻokūkū i nā kahawai wai nui me kahi leo nui e ninini ana i ka palena.
Aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona nani o nāʻano likeʻole o nā kahawai. I ka wā e hiki mai ai i nā wahi iʻikeʻia he kahawai kai e nānā i waena o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e kipa ai. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau'auwahe maʻAmelika Hema,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea hōkeʻe i nāʻano o ke kiʻekiʻe a me ka nui o ka wai e hele ana i loko o ka hāʻule.
Ināʻoe e hele ana iʻAmelika Hema e nānā ana i kēia mauʻauʻau wai ma kāuʻaoʻao.
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Iguazu Falls, Argentina-Brazil Border, Amerika Hema
Loaʻa kiʻi kiʻi / WIN-Initiative Malia pahaʻo ka mea kaulana loa o nāʻauwai a pau maʻAmelika Hema, aʻo ka mea iʻike nuiʻia. Ke moe neiʻo Iguazu Falls ma ka palena ma waena o'Atelika a me Brazil, a hiki iā ia keʻoliʻoli i nā'āinaʻelua.
Hāʻawiʻia kēia mau hāʻule ma kahi kaha pōhaku e holo ana i hoʻokahi mile a me ka hapalua, me ka hapalua o kēia mau wai e kahe mau ana i ka wai, aʻo ka lehu o ka wai e lele i ka lewa eʻikeʻia mai kahi lōʻihi aku.
ʻO ka manaʻo kaulana loa o ka hāʻule i kapaʻiaʻo 'Devil's Throat', kahi āu e hele mau ai i loko o ka waha o ka wailele, aʻo ka hāpala e hoʻopuni iāʻoe iʻekoluʻaoʻao.
Ma ka huakaʻi Brazil e hele ana ma ke kūlanakauhale o Foz do Iguacu,ʻoiai ke kūlanakauhale ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo Argentineʻo Puerto Iguazu.
No ka kaulana o kahi e hiki ai ke loaʻa nā huakaʻi hele i kēia mau huakaʻi mai nā kūlanakauhale nui ma Brazil a me'Anelani,ʻoiai he nui nā koina pili.
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Salto Grande, Chile
(c) Robert Cutts ʻO ka hāʻule i kēia wailele i loko o ka naniʻo Torres del Paine National Parkʻaʻole ia he nui e like me nā hāʻule'ē aʻe. Eia naʻe,ʻo ka ikaika i pahuʻia ai ka nui o ka wai i loko o ke awāwa kūpiki ma mua o ka hāʻuleʻana i loko o ke kīʻaha ma lalo he mea hoʻonani.
ʻO ka poʻe eʻike kokoke ana i ka wailele eʻike lākou i nā hopena i ka pōhaku,ʻoiai ka nui o ka palaho e hoʻohui pū i ka pāʻani o ke kahua.
ʻO kēia wailele he wahi mamao loa ia o ka'āina, no laila hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo i kahi huakaʻi eʻike pono i kēia mau hāʻule. Ināʻoe e hoʻolālā e hele i ka holo wāwae a piʻi paha i nā mauna e pili ana, pono ia e hoʻoukaʻia kahi pono. ʻO Puerto Montt ke kūlanakauhale kokoke loa no ka poʻe e hele ana i ia wahi, a he wahi moku liʻiliʻi kekahi a me nā launa maikaʻi i ke koena o ka'āina.
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ʻO Angel Falls aʻo Canaima National Park
Loaʻa kiʻi kiʻi / Jane Sweeney ʻO kēia wahi o Venesuela he kaulana ia no nā pali pali piʻi e piʻi ai no nā haneli haneli, a laila hoʻopaʻaʻia me kahi pālahalaha maikaʻi. ʻO kēia ka 'āina i hāʻawi i ka hoʻonohonoho no ka wailele kiʻekiʻe loa i kaʻole ma ka honua.
Aia ma loko o Canaima National Park , ua emi ka wai ma kahi o 2500 kapuaʻi ma mua o ka hikiʻana aku i kahi paepae i lalo. ʻO kēia puʻupuʻu keʻokeʻo maikaʻi o ka pīpī, he mea kupaianaha ka nani a hemolele no nā mea unuhi kiʻi.
Ua kapaʻia ka wailele ma muli o ka mea hōʻeuʻeuʻAmelikaʻo Jimmie Angel i lele mua ma luna o ka hāʻule, a ua hoholaʻia kona mau lehu i laila ma hope o kona makeʻana i ka makahiki 1960.
Loaʻa ka paʻakikī o ka loaʻaʻana i kēia heluna ma kahi o kahi mamao, akāʻo ka hopena o ka lele i loko o ke kahua mokulele ma Canaima National Park, a lailaʻekolu huakaʻi hele ma ka wāwae a ma ka waʻa i ka hāʻule a hoʻi hou. Hiki ke loli iki kaʻikepili o ka'āina, no laila e hoʻomaopopoʻoe e lawe mai i nā wai waiʻole a me nā lole e pono ai ke kiʻekiʻe wela
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Cachoeira a me Fumaca, Brazil
Getty Images / Harald von Radebrecht ʻOiaiʻaʻoleʻo ia e pili ana i ka nui o ka wai e like me ka Iguazu Falls,ʻo Cachoeira a Fumaca ka inoa i kapaʻia ka inoa o ka wailele lua kiʻekiʻe loa ma Brazil. ʻOiaiʻaʻoleʻo kaʻoi loa o ka hapa nui o ka wai e emi iho ana ma kahi o 350 mau mika i loko o ka wai ma lalo.
E mālama ponoʻaʻoleʻoe e hele i ka wā maloʻo, e like me ka maloʻoʻana o ka wailele i kēia manawa, akā, no ka hapalua o ka makahiki, he wailele maikaʻi loa ia. E like me ka inoa e'ōlelo ai, i ka wā e hāʻule ai i lalo i ka honua i lalo, eʻaneʻane ka wai i loko o kahi puaʻa ma ke ala.
ʻO kēia kahi wailele e hikiʻole ke hiki. Ponoʻoe e hele i kahi mile mile mai kahi kula'āina mamao ma Vale do Capao, aiʻole ka holoʻana o ka mea hōʻeuʻeu i nā lāʻekolu mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Lencois. Ma kahi māhele o ka Chapada Diamantina National Park ,ʻo ka heleʻana i kēia mau hāʻule e laweʻia i loko o ka nui o nā wahi nani'ē aʻe, e like me nāʻano wai kūpuni maikaʻi.
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Catarata Gocta, Peru
Kiʻi (c) Hōʻike kiʻi Greenwich ʻO kekahi o nā'auwaʻa nui o Amazon,ʻo kēia kūleʻa lua-hāʻule nui ma ka mokuʻo Amazonas o Peru ua hāʻule iʻelua kapuaʻi kapuai aʻoi aku ka pali.
ʻO ka waiʻelima pae kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua nei he wai kūpono e kahe ana i ka pali, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i ka nānā aʻoi aku keʻano paʻa ma mua o kekahi e like me kaʻAne Angel ma kahi e lilo ai ka wai i mea palahalaha e like me kona hāʻuleʻana.
E like me ka nui o nāʻauwai maʻAmelika Hema, ua lihi wale nō iʻikeʻia ma kahi mamao.
Loaʻa ka loaʻaʻana i nā wailele ma kahi hoʻomaha ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Chachapoyas. ʻOiai he mau wahi hoʻokipa nui aʻe ka nui, me kaʻike nui o ka hāʻule i loaʻa i kahi hōkele e kokoke ana iʻeono mile. ʻO nā mile hope loa i lalo o ka hāʻule e pono e paʻa i ka wāwae. ʻOiai ke nānā mauʻia kaʻike e ka pua a me ka noe, akā, i kēlā mau lā iʻikeʻia ai i ka lā, heʻike kupaianaha loa ia.
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ʻO Falls Laquendama, Colombia
(c) Luis Alveart ʻO kēia heluna kaulanaʻo Colombian kekahi o nā poʻe i kipaʻia ma Amerika Hema. Aia nā Fallsʻo Tequendama ma kahi o iwakālua mau mile mai Bogota mai.
ʻO ka hāʻule he nui nā kapuaʻi a me nā wai kahe mai kahi hāmama liʻiliʻi ma luna i kahi wai nui ma lalo, e hāʻule ana i 425 kapuaʻi.
ʻO kahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ka hāʻule he wale nō ia mau haneri iwilei mai ka hāʻuleʻana, kahi e noho ai kahi hale kūlana kaulana e like me ke kahu noho mālie o ka hāʻule i nā manaʻo nui a me kaʻike i kaʻike lōʻihi i kēia wā.
Loaʻa paha i ka mea hiki ke loaʻa i kēia mauʻauʻau wai, hiki iāʻoe ke holo i kahi lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi ma kahi kaʻa a lawe i kahi kaʻa kaʻa pokole. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopakele i ka manawa a hele i ka huakaʻi holo kaʻa a kaʻa paha. ʻO Bogota pono'ī kona mau pili kaiaulu pilikino me nā huakaʻi holo i nā kūlanakauhale he nui maʻAmelika Huipūʻia a meʻEulopa, a me ka nui o nā alanuiʻAmelika Hema.
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Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
(c) Allan Hopkins ʻOiaiʻo ka'Anelae Angel paha ka helunaʻauheʻe hoʻokahi o luna loa,ʻo Kaieteur Falls ke kahakai nui loa o ka honua. Ma laila e hāʻule mau ai ka wai ma kahi o 325 kapuaʻi ka laulā o ka hāʻule.
He wahi'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo hoʻi kāna e hana ai i kēia mea kilokilo, me ke kīʻaha ma lalo nei i piha i ka'ōpala, e hula ana nā anuenue i nā kaumāmā o ka wai. ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o ka hāʻule he mea kupaianaha nō ia, no ka meaʻehā mau manawa ma mua o ka Niagara Falls.
ʻAʻole hiki i Guiana ke hoʻohālikelike i ka nui o nā malihini kipa ma kahi mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi likeʻole e like me Argentina, Brazil a me Colombia. Akā naʻe,ʻo ka poʻe malihini e hele nei i Guyana e koho pinepine lākou e kipa aku i ka Hale Paʻiʻo Kaieteur.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hele maʻalahi kēia helehelena a no ka mamao o ka wahi mamao e paʻakikī loa e hiki ai me ka holoʻole. Loaʻa nā kaʻa maʻamau mai ke kaapuniʻo Guianaese ma Georgetown i ka paepaeʻo Kaieteur Falls, kahi heʻumikūmālima minute e hele ai ma kahi kūpono maikaʻi o ka hāʻule.