Mount Waialeale (redirect from Mount Waiʻaleʻale)
which it is. The rainfall at Waiʻaleʻale is evenly distributed through the year. Several factors give the summit of Waiʻaleʻale more potential to create precipitation...
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park, at an elevation of 5,075 ft (1,547 m), is the Mt. Waiʻaleʻale rain gauge. Mt. Waiʻaleʻale is often cited as the wettest spot on earth, although this...
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arising from the extreme rainfall on the island's central peak, Mount Waiʻaleʻale, among the wettest places on earth. The canyon is carved into the tholeiitic...
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leeward side where a rain shadow is observed. In Hawaii, Mount Waiʻaleʻale (Waiʻaleʻale), on the island of Kauai, is notable for its extreme rainfall....
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according to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. While the summit of Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauai has long been considered the wettest place in the Hawaiian Islands...
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warming, leeward side where a rain shadow is observed. In Hawaii, Mount Waiʻaleʻale, on the island of Kauai, is notable for its extreme rainfall, as it has...
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Lena Machado (redirect from Lena Kaulumau Wai‘ale‘ale)
During World War II, she had her own radio show on KGU. Lena Kaulumau Wai‘ale‘ale was born October 16, 1903, in the Pauoa Valley. The youngest of five...
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Island in some winter months. Snow rarely falls on Haleakalā. Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauaʻi has the second-highest average annual rainfall on Earth, about...
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Grotto, kayaking and water skiing. The North Fork begins at the Mount Waiʻaleʻale at coordinates 22°3′35″N 159°29′33″W / 22.05972°N 159.49250°W / 22...
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island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii flows north from the eastern slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale for 26.5 km (16.5 mi) until it reaches the Pacific Ocean at Hanalei Bay...
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second wettest location after The Big Bog, slightly wetter than Mount Waiʻaleʻale. Much of this rainfall ends up flowing into the ʻĪao Stream. Trails in...
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Mount Waiʻaleʻale. Wailua has many moʻo ʻōlelo (ancient stories) of the area that begins at Hikinaʻakalā heiau to Kaʻawakoʻo atop Mount Waiʻaleʻale, the...
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bogs, it is not a true swamp. It is located on a plateau near Mount Waiʻaleʻale, one of the wettest spots on Earth. Due to its unique combination of...
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high uplands are especially wet—about 475 in (12,100 mm) per year at Wai'ale'ale on Kaua'i. Another area in which orographic precipitation is known to...
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Mount Benarat 1,585 5,200 Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia Wai'ale'ale 1,569 5,148 Kauai, Hawaii, US Salher 1,567 5,141 Maharashtra, India Cirque...
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Earth and third wettest in the state after Big Bog on Maui and Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauai, Rainwater unable to drain away flows into a bog. The soil is...
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warming, leeward side where a rain shadow is observed. In Hawaii, Mount Waiʻaleʻale, on the island of Kauai, is notable for its extreme rainfall, as it is...
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species, all on the Alakai Plateau, including one at the summit of Mount Waiʻaleʻale. Estimates of the total global population are generally around 800 or...
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ecoregion includes one of the world's wettest places, the slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale, which average 373 in (9,500 mm) of rainfall per year. 20°N 157°W /...
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Dubautia waialealae is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauai. One individual was seen outside the range, about 14 kilometers...
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dubautia (Dubautia reticulata) Wahiawa dubautia (Dubautia syndetica) Waiʻaleʻale dubautia (Dubautia waialealae) Koholapehu (Dubautia latifolia) Dubautia...
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winter months. Snow only rarely falls on Maui's Haleakala. Mount Waiʻaleʻale (Waiʻaleʻale), on the island of Kauai, is notable for its extreme rainfall,...
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month on the island. However, the heaviest precipitation fell on Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauai, where 15.08 inches (383 mm) fell in 24 hours; this total alone...
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dubautia) Dubautia plantaginea (plantainleaf dubautia) Dubautia waialealae (Wai'ale'ale dubautia) Dudleya nesiotica (Santa Cruz Island liveforever) Dudleya stolonifera...
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Hawaii, United States. It inhabits wet forests on the slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale at elevations of 500–700 m (1,600–2,300 ft). P. waialealeana, is a large...
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genus Nostoc. The type was collected on the western slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale on the island of Kauaʻi. There, it is found on shaded tree bark in relatively...
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forests in northwestern Kauai. Viola kauaensis var wahiawaensis (nani wai`ale`ale) is distributed on Kauai. In 2003 there were two populations totalling...
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hana So that's your way Pākela ‘oi aku ka pipi‘i Superior but bubbling Kāu hana ‘olu no‘eau Sweet clever acts Kohu like me Wai‘ale‘ale Like Wai`ale`ale...
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November 13, 2017. Kuluwaimaka, James Kapihi Palea. "Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Archived from the original on November...
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across the island. Rainfall on Kauai peaked at 5.33 in (135 mm) at Mount Wai'ale'ale and on Maui, up to 4.05 in (103 mm) fell in Kaupo Gap. On the leeward...
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