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Aia ma ka ʻāina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa he nui nā wai maʻemaʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi nā loko a me nā muliwai. ʻO nā punawai kaulana a nui loa o ka ʻāina ʻo Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario, kahi o 246 sq. km. No nā muliwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou ma mua o nā loko a noho lākou i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka ʻāina.
Hōʻike ka papa helu i nā muliwai lōʻihi loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
10 Nahesa | 1 kilomika
Snake (Snake River) wehe i ka ʻumi luna nā muliwai lōʻihi loa ma US. ʻO ka Snake ka muliwai nui loa o ka muliwai Columbia. ʻO kona lōʻihi ma kahi o 1735 mau kilomita, a ʻo ke kahawai ʻo 278 sq. km. Aia ka Snake ma ke komohana, ma ka ʻāina ʻo Wyoming. Kahe ia ma 450 mokuʻāina ma ka ʻāina o nā pāpū mauna. He nui kona mau kahawai, ʻo ka Palus ka lōʻihi o 6 km. He muliwai hoʻokele ka Snake. ʻO kāna meaʻai nui mai ka hau a me ka wai ua.
9. Kolombia | 2 kilomita
Kolomepia aia ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Malia paha, ua loaʻa ka inoa no ka hanohano o ka moku o ka inoa hoʻokahi, kahi i holo ai ʻo Kāpena Robert Gray - ʻo ia kekahi o ka mea mua i ʻike a hala i ka muliwai holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kona lōʻihi he 2000 mau kilomita, a ʻo ka wahi kīʻaha he 668 mau mika square. km. Aia ma mua o 217 mau kahawai, ʻo ka nui loa o ia mau: Snake, Willamette, Kooteni a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Kahe ia i ka Moana Pakipika. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Columbia e nā glaciers, no laila ka nui o ka wai a me ka wikiwiki wikiwiki. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻumikūmākahi mau mea kanu hydroelectric i kūkulu ʻia ma kona ʻāina. E like me Snake, hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ʻo Columbia.
8. Ohio | 2 kilomita
Ohio – kekahi o na muliwai nui loa ma Amerika Huipuia, oia ka muliwai kahe piha loa o ka Mississippi. ʻO 2102 mau kilomita kona lōʻihi, a ʻo ka ʻāpana kīʻaha he 528 mau mika square. km. Hoʻokumu ʻia ke kīʻaha e ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai ʻelua - ʻo Allegheny a me Monongahila, mai nā mauna ʻo Appalachian. ʻO kāna mau kahawai nui ʻo Miami, Muskingham, Tennessee, Kentucky a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ke ʻike nei ʻo Ohio i nā waikahe nui e pōʻino. Hānai ʻia ka muliwai e ka wai lepo, ka wai ua, a me nā muliwai e kahe ana i loko. Ua kūkulu ʻia kekahi o nā mea kanu hydroelectric nui loa ma ka ʻāina ma ke kahawai ʻo Ohio.
7. Ka muliwai Ula Hema | 2 kilomita
Ka muliwai Ula Hema (Red River) – kekahi o nā muliwai ʻAmelika lōʻihi loa, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kahawai nui loa o ka Mississippi. Ua loaʻa kona inoa ma muli o nā ʻāina pālolo ma ka wai o ka muliwai. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kahawai ʻulaʻula ma kahi o 2190 mau kilomita. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ia mai ka hui ʻana o ʻelua mau muliwai ʻo Texas. Ua pani ʻia ka South Red River i nā makahiki he 40 e pale i nā waikahe. ʻO ka Red River kahi home o Lake Tehomo, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma muli o ke kau ʻana o kahi pā, a ma kahi. ʻO Caddo, ʻo ia ka nahele kaʻa nui loa ma ka honua. Hānai ʻia ka muliwai e ka ua a me ka lepo.
6. Colorado | 2 kilomita
Hawaii aia ma ke komohana hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ʻo ia kekahi o nā muliwai nui a nani loa ʻaʻole wale ma ka ʻāina, akā ma ka honua pū kekahi. ʻO 2334 mau kilomita ka lōʻihi o kona lōʻihi, a ʻo 637 sq. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Colorado e lawe ʻia mai nā mauna Pōhaku, a ma ke Kaiwa o Kaleponi e pili ana i ka Moana Pākīpika. Aia ma luna o 137 mau tributaries ʻo Colorado, ʻo ka mea nui loa ʻo ka Eagle River, Green River, Gila, Little Colorado a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kahawai i hoʻomalu ʻia ma ka honua, me 25 mau wai nui. ʻO ka mua o kēia mau mea i kūkulu ʻia ma 30 a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Powell Reservoir. Aia ma ka wai o Colorado ma kahi o 1907 mau ʻano iʻa.
5. Arkansas | 2 kilomita
Arkansas kekahi o na muliwai loihi loa a me na kahawai nui o ka Misisipi. Aia ma nā mauna Pōhaku, Colorado. ʻO 2348 mau kilomita kona lōʻihi, a ʻo 505 mau mika square ke kahawai. km. Hele ʻo ia i ʻehā mau mokuʻāina: Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma. ʻO nā kahawai nui loa o Arkansas ʻo ia ka Cimarrock a me ka Salt Fork Arkansas. ʻO Arkansas kahi muliwai hiki ke hoʻokele a he kumu wai ia no nā kamaʻāina. Ma muli o ke kahe wikiwiki ʻana o nā wahi mauna, ua kaulana ka muliwai i waena o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e makemake ana e komo i ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau.
4. Rio Grande | 3 kilomita
Rio Hekikai (Great River) ʻo ia ka muliwai nui a lōʻihi loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Aia ia ma ka palena o nā mokuʻāina ʻelua o ʻAmelika a me Mexico. ʻO Rio Bravo ka inoa Mekiko. Aia ka Rio Grande ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Colorado, nā mauna ʻo San Juan a kahe i ke kahawai ʻo Mexico. ʻO nā kahawai nui a nui loa ʻo Rio Conchos, Pecos, Devils River. ʻOiai ʻo kona nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ka Rio Grande, no ka mea, ua ʻoi aku ka pāpaʻu. Ma muli o ka pāpaʻu ʻana, pilikia kekahi ʻano iʻa a me nā holoholona. Hiki ke maloʻo ka Rio Grande ma kekahi mau wahi a hana i nā wai liʻiliʻi, e like me nā loko. ʻO ka ua a me ka wai hau ka meaʻai nui, a me nā pūnāwai mauna. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka Rio Grande ʻo 3057 mau kilomita, a ʻo ke kahawai ʻo 607 sq. km.
3. Yukon | 3 kilomita
Yukon (Big River) wehe i nā muliwai lōʻihi loa ʻekolu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ke kahe nei ka Yukon ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Alaska (USA) a ma ke komohana ʻākau o Kanada. He kahawai ia o ke Kai Bering. ʻO 3184 mau kilomita kona lōʻihi, a ʻo ka ʻāpana kīʻaha he 832 sq.m. Aia ia ma Marsh Lake, a laila neʻe i ka palena me Alaska, e puʻunaue ana i ka mokuʻāina i ʻelua mau ʻāpana like. ʻO kāna mau kahawai nui ʻo Tanana, Pelly, Koyukuk. Hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ʻo Yukon no ʻekolu mahina, ʻoiai ua uhi ʻia ke koena o ka makahiki i ka hau. Aia ka muliwai nui ma kahi mauna, no laila ua piha ia i ka awiwi. Loaʻa nā ʻano iʻa waiwai e like me ka salmon, pike, nelma, a me ka hina i loko o kona wai. ʻO ka meaʻai nui o ka Yukon ka wai hau.
2. Missouri | 3 kilomita
Hawaii (Big and Muddy River) ka muliwai lōʻihi loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, a me ka muliwai nui loa o ka Mississippi. ʻO Missouri kona kumu ma nā mauna Pōhaku. Kahe ia ma 10 mau mokuʻāina ʻAmelika a me 2 mau panalāʻau Kanada. Ke holo nei ka muliwai no 3767 mau kilomita a ua hana ʻia kahi kīʻaha me kahi ʻāpana o 1 mau mika square. km., oia ka hapaono o ka mokuna holookoa o Amerika Huipuia. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hui ʻana o nā kahawai ʻo Jefferson, Gallatin a me Madison. Loaʻa i ka Missouri ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli mau kahawai nui, ʻo nā mea nui ʻo Yellowstone, Platte, Kansas a me Osage. Ua wehewehe ʻia ka ʻāhuehue o ka wai o Missouri ma ka holoi ʻana i nā pōhaku e kahi kahawai ikaika o ka muliwai. Hānai ʻia ka muliwai e ka ua a me ka wai hau, a me nā wai o nā kahawai. I kēia manawa hiki ke hoʻokele.
1. Misisipi | 3 kilomita
Mississippi ʻO ia ka muliwai koʻikoʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ʻo ke kūlana ʻekolu hoʻi ma ka honua (ma ka hui ʻana me nā kahawai ʻo Missouri a me Jefferson) ma hope o ka Amazon a me ka Nile. Hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai ʻo Jefferson, Madison, a me Gallatin. ʻO Lake Itasca kona kumu. Noho ia ma kahi o 10 mau mokuʻāina ʻAmelika. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me kāna kahawai nui, ʻo Missouri, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o 6000 mau kilomita. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka muliwai ʻo 3734 mau kilomita, a ʻo ke kahawai ʻo 2 sq. km. Ua huikau ka ai o Misisipi.