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Help us save and restore Maui's remaining Wetlands

  • About Us
    • Copyright Statement
    • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Save the Wetlands Hui by Brian Perry
      • Data collection and Mapping
        • Maui Wetlands GIS Data Download Page
    • Volunteer to Mālama a Wetland
      • World Wetlands Day Events
    • Wetlands Activity Book
    • Wetlands Calendar
    • Photo Gallery
    • Videos
    • News
      • Wetlands role in Ahupua’a
      • How does climate change degrade Watersheds?
      • Mud Floods and Siltation
      • How do natural watersheds become urbanized?
      • When Streams Become Stormwater Drains
      • What is the relationship between coastal wetland health and coral reef health in Hawaii?
      • Water cycle Mauka to Makai
      • Wetland Plants and Animals
        • Wetland Birds
        • Wetlands Birds of Hawaii
        • Flora and Fauna Report from Kim and Forest Starr
      • Watershed Mauka to Makai
      • Where will the wetlands be in 20-30 years?
      • Our Partners
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe to SavetheWetlands
      • Wetland Talk Story
  • Wetland Key Map
  • How Wetlands Work
    • History of wetlands in Kīhei
      • What was the importance of natural Wetlands to Ancient Hawaiians?
    • Fishponds of Kula Kai
      • What are Fishpond Wetlands?
      • Types of Hawaiian Fishponds
      • ‘Alamihi Fishpond
      • ‘Apuakehau Fishpond
      • Keoneʻōʻio Fishpond La Perouse
    • Wetlands in Hawaiian Culture
      • How did ancient Hawaiians adapt ecosystems for food production in Hawaii?
      • What is a lo’i kalo?
      • What is a Loko I’a?
      • Hawaiian Wetland and Watershed Words
    • Saving wetlands for the future
      • What is Marsh Migration?
    • What types of coastal wetlands found in Maui?
      • What are Palustrine wetlands?
      • What are Cryptorheic basin Wetlands?
      • What are Marine Wetlands?
      • Value of Coastal wetlands
      • Wetlands and Riparian areas
  • Wetlands
    • Wetland Index Page
  • DONATE
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SAVE THE WETLANDS

Help us save and restore Maui's remaining Wetlands

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  • About Us
    • Copyright Statement
    • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Save the Wetlands Hui by Brian Perry
      • Data collection and Mapping
        • Maui Wetlands GIS Data Download Page
    • Volunteer to Mālama a Wetland
      • World Wetlands Day Events
    • Wetlands Activity Book
    • Wetlands Calendar
    • Photo Gallery
    • Videos
    • News
      • Wetlands role in Ahupua’a
      • How does climate change degrade Watersheds?
      • Mud Floods and Siltation
      • How do natural watersheds become urbanized?
      • When Streams Become Stormwater Drains
      • What is the relationship between coastal wetland health and coral reef health in Hawaii?
      • Water cycle Mauka to Makai
      • Wetland Plants and Animals
        • Wetland Birds
        • Wetlands Birds of Hawaii
        • Flora and Fauna Report from Kim and Forest Starr
      • Watershed Mauka to Makai
      • Where will the wetlands be in 20-30 years?
      • Our Partners
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe to SavetheWetlands
      • Wetland Talk Story
  • Wetland Key Map
  • How Wetlands Work
    • History of wetlands in Kīhei
      • What was the importance of natural Wetlands to Ancient Hawaiians?
    • Fishponds of Kula Kai
      • What are Fishpond Wetlands?
      • Types of Hawaiian Fishponds
      • ‘Alamihi Fishpond
      • ‘Apuakehau Fishpond
      • Keoneʻōʻio Fishpond La Perouse
    • Wetlands in Hawaiian Culture
      • How did ancient Hawaiians adapt ecosystems for food production in Hawaii?
      • What is a lo’i kalo?
      • What is a Loko I’a?
      • Hawaiian Wetland and Watershed Words
    • Saving wetlands for the future
      • What is Marsh Migration?
    • What types of coastal wetlands found in Maui?
      • What are Palustrine wetlands?
      • What are Cryptorheic basin Wetlands?
      • What are Marine Wetlands?
      • Value of Coastal wetlands
      • Wetlands and Riparian areas
  • Wetlands
    • Wetland Index Page
  • DONATE
    • DONATE – SAVE THE WETLANDS

SAVE THE WETLANDS

Help us save and restore Maui's remaining Wetlands

Search
  • About Us
    • Copyright Statement
    • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Save the Wetlands Hui by Brian Perry
      • Data collection and Mapping
        • Maui Wetlands GIS Data Download Page
    • Volunteer to Mālama a Wetland
      • World Wetlands Day Events
    • Wetlands Activity Book
    • Wetlands Calendar
    • Photo Gallery
    • Videos
    • News
      • Wetlands role in Ahupua’a
      • How does climate change degrade Watersheds?
      • Mud Floods and Siltation
      • How do natural watersheds become urbanized?
      • When Streams Become Stormwater Drains
      • What is the relationship between coastal wetland health and coral reef health in Hawaii?
      • Water cycle Mauka to Makai
      • Wetland Plants and Animals
        • Wetland Birds
        • Wetlands Birds of Hawaii
        • Flora and Fauna Report from Kim and Forest Starr
      • Watershed Mauka to Makai
      • Where will the wetlands be in 20-30 years?
      • Our Partners
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe to SavetheWetlands
      • Wetland Talk Story
  • Wetland Key Map
  • How Wetlands Work
    • History of wetlands in Kīhei
      • What was the importance of natural Wetlands to Ancient Hawaiians?
    • Fishponds of Kula Kai
      • What are Fishpond Wetlands?
      • Types of Hawaiian Fishponds
      • ‘Alamihi Fishpond
      • ‘Apuakehau Fishpond
      • Keoneʻōʻio Fishpond La Perouse
    • Wetlands in Hawaiian Culture
      • How did ancient Hawaiians adapt ecosystems for food production in Hawaii?
      • What is a lo’i kalo?
      • What is a Loko I’a?
      • Hawaiian Wetland and Watershed Words
    • Saving wetlands for the future
      • What is Marsh Migration?
    • What types of coastal wetlands found in Maui?
      • What are Palustrine wetlands?
      • What are Cryptorheic basin Wetlands?
      • What are Marine Wetlands?
      • Value of Coastal wetlands
      • Wetlands and Riparian areas
  • Wetlands
    • Wetland Index Page
  • DONATE
    • DONATE – SAVE THE WETLANDS

Glossary

  • 100-year-flood
  • Aggrade
  • aquifer
  • Basin
  • Bed load
  • Channelization
  • cryptorheic basins
  • Culvert
  • Distributary
  • drainage basin
  • drawdown
  • Ecosystem
  • effluent
  • erosion
  • estuary
  • flood
  • flood plain
  • Floodplain
  • flood stage
  • floodway
  • greywater
  • Groin
  • groundwater
  • Gullying
  • impermeable
  • infiltration
  • infiltration
  • injection well
  • leaching
  • Loko Iʻa
  • marsh
  • Mass wasting
  • Mitigation
  • Nutrient enrichment
  • outfall
  • pathogen
  • percolation
  • permeability
  • point-source pollution
  • porosity
  • precipitation
  • recharge
  • Reclamation
  • Reference site
  • Rehabilitation
  • Remote sensing
  • Restoration
  • Riparian
  • runoff
  • sediment
  • septic tank
  • sewage treatment plant
  • sewer
  • Sheetwash
  • spring
  • storm sewer
  • stream
  • streamflow
  • surface water
  • Suspended load
  • suspended sediment
  • suspended-sediment concentration
  • suspended-sediment discharge
  • suspended solids
  • tributary
  • turbidity
  • Ungulate
  • unsaturated zone
  • wastewater
  • watershed
  • water table
  • water table
  • Weir
  • well
  • withdrawal
  • xeriscaping

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