Waimea River (Hawaii)
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The Waimea River is a river on the island of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is one of the longest rivers in the Hawaiian Islands.
It rises in a wet plateau of the island's central highlands, in the Alaka'i Swamp, the largest high-elevation swamp in the world. It flows south, passing through the spectactular 3,000-foot deep (900 m) Waimea Canyon, known as the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific."
It enters the Pacific Ocean at Waimea, near the 1778 landing place of Captain Cook on Kauai.
External link
- Geology of the Waimea Canyon Area (http://www.geology.yale.edu/~reiners/tour/wc.html)