ʻO kahi kiʻo kahawai kahi ʻāina kahi e kahe ai ka wai honua i lalo a me nā kino wai like ʻole. Ma muli o ka paʻakikī e huki i nā kumu wai o ka wai, ʻo ia nā muliwai o ke kahawai i hoʻokumu i ke kumu o ke kīʻaha.
ʻO ka hoʻololi wai ma waena o ka muliwai nui, nā loko a me nā kahawai liʻiliʻi e kū mau, kahi e hōʻoia ai i ke aupuni o ka muliwai. Ma waena o nā kino pili wai kahi palena ma ka laina o nā wai.
Nā ʻano o nā ipu muliwai
Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe ʻepekema i ʻelua ʻano o nā ipu muliwai - ka wai wai a me nā kahawai kūloko. No laila, nā wahi ʻōpala nā wahi i loaʻa kahi puka i ke kai.
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā kīʻaha muliwai āpau e ka lōʻihi o ka muliwai nui a me ka wahi o ka wahi i loaʻa i ka muliwai, ka nui o ke kahe o ka wai a me ke kūpaʻa o ke kahawai, nā kumu waiwai a me nā kūlana o ka wai wai. ʻO ka hapanui pinepine, hoʻohui ʻia nā kīʻaha muliwai i ka hānai ʻana inā nui nā kumu wai.
ʻO nā ipu muliwai nui loa ma ka honua
Manaʻo ʻia he kahawai kēlā me kēlā me kēia kahawai, me ka nānā ʻole inā e kahe ana i loko o kahi muliwai, kai a kai ʻē aʻe paha. ʻO nā ipu nui o nā muliwai aʻe:
- Amazon;
- Konokō;
- Misisipi;
- Ob;
- Nile;
- Parana;
- Yenisei;
- Lena;
- Naigera;
- Amur.
Kaukaʻi ʻia i ka ʻāpana o nā kīʻaha muliwai, ʻo lākou, ka mea mua, he waiwai nui. ʻO kahi o nā hana o nā kahawai he mea leʻaleʻa.
No laila, ʻo ka muliwai nui, a me nā mea lawaiʻa a me nā kumu wai o ka wai, e hoʻokumu i kahi muliwai. ʻO kēia ke alakaʻi nei i ka pau ʻana o kekahi mau kino wai, akā no ka hōʻalo ʻana i kēia, pono e hoʻohana pono i nā wai o nā kahawai muliwai o ka honua.
