Lower Hanalei Valley as seen from the overlook near Princeville. Hanalei (town) is to the right.

The Hanalei River on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi flows north from eastern slopes Mount Waialeale for 17 miles (27 kilometers) until entering the Pacific Ocean at Hanalei Bay as an estuary. With a long-term mean discharge of 216 cubic feet (6.12 cubic meters) per second,[1] in terms of water flow it is the second-largest river in the state; although its watershed of 19.1 square miles is only sixth-largest on Kauaʻi, it encompasses areas of the highest recorded rainfall on the planet and plunges precipitously from its headwaters at 3500 feet above sea level. View of extensive kalo (taro) pondfields in Hanalei Valley seen from lookout near Princeville, taken August 26, 2004 by Eric Guinther. ... View of extensive kalo (taro) pondfields in Hanalei Valley seen from lookout near Princeville, taken August 26, 2004 by Eric Guinther. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Largest city Honolulu Honolulu Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 10,941 sq mi  28,337 km² n/a miles  n/a km 1,522 miles  2,450 km 41. ... Kauai (usually called Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands) is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands, having an area of 1,446 km² . Known also as the Garden Isle, Kauai lies 105 miles (170 kilometers) across the Kauai Channel, northwest of Oahu. ... Mount Wai‘ale‘ale (Hawaiian for rippling waters), elevation 5,208 ft (1,578 m), is the second highest point on the island of Kaua‘i in the Hawaiian Islands. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ...

The lower, flatter portion of the river flows by Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge and many taro farms (60% of Hawaii's taro is grown in this area). The Hanalei River provides habitat for a number of amphidromous species, including gobies (5 native varieties), two native species of crustacean, the hihiwai (an edible snail), and in its upper reaches, a threatened species of highly-adapted snail (Newcomb's snail, Erinna newcombi). Binomial name Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Taro corms for sale Taro (from Tahitian), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Classes & Subclasses Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Remipedia Cephalocarida Maxillopoda Thecostraca Tantulocarida Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Copepoda Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum [1]. They include various familiar animals, such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp and...

The Hanalei was designated an American Heritage River by US President Bill Clinton on July 30, 1998. American Heritage Rivers are designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to receive special attention (coordinating efforts of multiple governmental entities) to further three objectives: natural resource and environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation. ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

See also

• Hanalei, Hawaii
• List of rivers in Hawaii

Lower Hanalei Valley as seen from the overlook near Princeville. ...

External links

• Hanalei Watershed Hui
• EPA American Heritage River: Hanalei