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Ahupuaʻa
Ahupuaʻa () is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land (comparable to the tapere in the Southern Cook Islands). It usually extends from the mountains to the sea and generally includes one or more complete watersheds and marine resources. The predominant traditional system in the eight high islands of the Main Hawaiian Islands was based on the ahupua’a. Each ahupua‘a contained a cross section of island resources and they were managed within a complex social system associated with each area. The general belief is that each ahupua‘a met the needs of the local population with an excess for tribute and trade. Each ahupua`a contained resources the Hawaiian community needed like wood from the Koa tree to build homes or food like fish and taro. History The traditional subdivision system has four hierarchical levels: *''Mokupuni'' (whole island — main islands except Kahoʻolawe): **Hawaii (Island), Hawaiʻi **Kauaʻi * ...
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Kahoʻolawe
Kahoolawe (Hawaiian: ), anglicized as Kahoolawe (), is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands. Kahoolawe is located about southwest of Maui and also southeast of Lānaʻi, and it is long by wide, with a total land area of . The highest point on Kahoolawe is the crater of Lua Makika at the summit of Puu Moaulanui, which is about above sea level. Kahoolawe is relatively dry (average annual rainfall is less than ) because the island's low elevation fails to generate much orographic precipitation from the northeastern trade winds, and Kahoʻolawe is located in the rain shadow of eastern Maui's volcano, Haleakalā. More than one quarter of Kahoolawe has been eroded down to saprolitic hardpan soil, largely on exposed surfaces near the summit. Kahoolawe has always been sparsely populated, due to its lack of fresh water. During World War II and the following decades, Kahoolawe was used as a training ground and bombing range by the Armed Forces of ...
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Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe (Hawaiian: ), anglicized as Kahoolawe (), is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands. Kahoolawe is located about southwest of Maui and also southeast of Lānaʻi, and it is long by wide, with a total land area of . The highest point on Kahoolawe is the crater of Lua Makika at the summit of Puu Moaulanui, which is about above sea level. Kahoolawe is relatively dry (average annual rainfall is less than ) because the island's low elevation fails to generate much orographic precipitation from the northeastern trade winds, and Kahoʻolawe is located in the rain shadow of eastern Maui's volcano, Haleakalā. More than one quarter of Kahoolawe has been eroded down to saprolitic hardpan soil, largely on exposed surfaces near the summit. Kahoolawe has always been sparsely populated, due to its lack of fresh water. During World War II and the following decades, Kahoolawe was used as a training ground and bombing range by the Armed Forces ...
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Konohiki
A ''konohiki'' is a headman of a land division or ahupuaʻa of the Kingdom of Hawaii who administered the land ruled by an aliʻi chief. Background The lands of the ruling chiefs of Hawaii were divided into radial divisions of land when possible. These divisions were under the control of other smaller chiefs and managed by a steward. Land was divided up in strict adherence to the wishes of the ''ali‘i nui''. The island was called the ''mokupuni'' and was split into several ''moku''. The ''moku'' (district) parameters ran from the highest mountain top, down to the sea. These divisions were ruled by an ''aliʻi ʻaimoku'' who would have been appointed by the ruling chief. Each of these ''mokus'' were further split into ''ahupuaau'', named after the dividing boundary alter where taxes were collected for each area during the Makahiki. Each ''ahupuaau'' was then run by a headman or chief called a Konohiki. In Keelikolani vs Robinson, the term is also defined as a Land Agent. In Ter ...
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Puu Anahulu
Puu or Pu'u is a Hawaiian word for any protuberance, from a pimple to a hill, and can refer to: *Puu Kukui, mountain peak in Hawaii * Pu'u Huluhulu (Hawaii Route 200) * Pu'u 'Ō'ō (Puu Oo), volcanic cone in Hawaii *Setsuna Meioh (Sailor Pluto), ''Sailor Moon'' character *Puu (YuYu Hakusho) The ''YuYu Hakusho'' manga series features a diverse cast of fictional characters created by Yoshihiro Togashi. It follows fourteen-year-old junior high school delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who dies and is resurrected in order to become the Underw ...
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Great Mahele
Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born 1981), American actor Other uses * ''Great'' (1975 film), a British animated short about Isambard Kingdom Brunel * ''Great'' (2013 film), a German short film * Great (supermarket), a supermarket in Hong Kong * GReAT, Graph Rewriting and Transformation, a Model Transformation Language * Gang Resistance Education and Training Gang Resistance Education And Training, abbreviated G.R.E.A.T., provides a school-based, police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning activities. Their intention is to teach the students to avoid gang ..., or GREAT, a school-based and police officer-instructed program * Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), a cybersecurity team at Kaspersky Lab *'' Great!'', a 20 ...
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Puna Land Use
Puna may refer to: Places Americas * Puña, a town in the Department of Cajamarca of Peru * Puna, Potosí, a village in Bolivia * Puna, Hawaii, a district in the east-southeast portion of the Island of Hawaii * Puná Island, an island off the coast of southern Ecuador ** Battle of Puná, a battle fought between Spanish conquistadors and Puná natives * Altiplano or Puna, a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the northern end of Argentina and Chile * Puna de Atacama, a plateau in the Andes Asia * Pune, or Puna, a city in Maharashtra, India * Puna, Gujarat, a town in Gujarat, India * Puna, Pakistan, a village in Punjab, Pakistan Other uses * Puna grassland, a type of grassland in the central part of the high Andes * Puna (mythology), a character in Polynesian mythology * ''Maihueniopsis'' or ''Puna'', a cactus genus See also * Poona (other) Poona or Pune is a metropolis in Maharashtra, India. Poona may also refer to: Places * Poona, Queensland, a town a ...
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Hawaiian Petrel
The Hawaiian petrel or ''uau'' (''Pterodroma sandwichensis'') is a large, dark grey-brown and white petrel that is endemic to Hawaii. Distribution The Hawaiian petrel was formerly found on all the main Hawaiian Islands except Niihau, but today it is mostly restricted to Haleakalā crater on Maui; smaller populations exist on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, Waimea Canyon on the island of Kauai, Lānaihale on Lānai, and possibly Molokai. It is also reportedly seen on the Galapagos Islands. Behavior Feeding Their diet consists of 50–75% squid, and smaller percentages of fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ... and crustaceans. Breeding The birds nest in Burrow nest, burrows or rock crevices. The breeding extends from March to October. The female lays one w ...
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