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SAVE THE WETLANDS

Help us save Maui's remaining Wetlands

  • About Us
    • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Data collection and Mapping
    • Volunteer to Mālama a Wetland
      • World Wetlands Day Events February 2nd & 4th 2023
    • Wetlands Calendar
    • Wetland Coloring Book
    • Photo Gallery
    • News
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe to SavetheWetlands
      • Wetland Talk Story
      • Our Partners
  • 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?
    • 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?
      • Where will the wetlands be in 20-30 years?
    • 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
    • Wetland Plants and Animals
      • Wetland Birds
      • Wetlands Birds of Hawaii
      • Flora and Fauna Report from Kim and Forest Starr
    • Watershed Mauka to Makai
      • Water cycle Mauka to Makai
      • 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?
  • Wetlands (Page 1)
    • Anchialine pools of La Perouse Maui
    • Ewa Wetland
    • Halama Wetlands
    • Kalama Wetlands
      • Kihei Stream
    • Keālia Wetlands
    • Kaʻonoʻulu/Kulanihakoi Wetlands
      • Kulanihakoi Gulch Stream
    • Koʻieʻie Wetland
    • Lāʻie Mauka
      • Lokelani Stream flows to La’ie Wetlands
    • Lāʻie Wetland
    • Makena Wetlands
    • Pi'ikea Wetlands
  • Wetlands (Page 2)
    • Waiakoa Wetland
      • Waiakoa Gulch Stream
    • Waimahaihai Wetlands
      • Waimahaihai Gulch Stream
    • Waiohuli Kai Wetland
      • Waiohulikai Stream
    • Waipuilani Wetland
      • Waipuilani Gulch
    • Waipuilani Mauka
    • Waipuilani 16E
    • Welakahao Wetland
    • VFW Wetlands
    • Yee’s Wetland
    • More Maui Wetlands
      • Kanahā Wetland
      • Kenolio Park
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SAVE THE WETLANDS

Help us save Maui's remaining Wetlands

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  • About Us
    • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Data collection and Mapping
    • Volunteer to Mālama a Wetland
      • World Wetlands Day Events February 2nd & 4th 2023
    • Wetlands Calendar
    • Wetland Coloring Book
    • Photo Gallery
    • News
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe to SavetheWetlands
      • Wetland Talk Story
      • Our Partners
  • 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?
    • 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?
      • Where will the wetlands be in 20-30 years?
    • 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
    • Wetland Plants and Animals
      • Wetland Birds
      • Wetlands Birds of Hawaii
      • Flora and Fauna Report from Kim and Forest Starr
    • Watershed Mauka to Makai
      • Water cycle Mauka to Makai
      • 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?
  • Wetlands (Page 1)
    • Anchialine pools of La Perouse Maui
    • Ewa Wetland
    • Halama Wetlands
    • Kalama Wetlands
      • Kihei Stream
    • Keālia Wetlands
    • Kaʻonoʻulu/Kulanihakoi Wetlands
      • Kulanihakoi Gulch Stream
    • Koʻieʻie Wetland
    • Lāʻie Mauka
      • Lokelani Stream flows to La’ie Wetlands
    • Lāʻie Wetland
    • Makena Wetlands
    • Pi'ikea Wetlands
  • Wetlands (Page 2)
    • Waiakoa Wetland
      • Waiakoa Gulch Stream
    • Waimahaihai Wetlands
      • Waimahaihai Gulch Stream
    • Waiohuli Kai Wetland
      • Waiohulikai Stream
    • Waipuilani Wetland
      • Waipuilani Gulch
    • Waipuilani Mauka
    • Waipuilani 16E
    • Welakahao Wetland
    • VFW Wetlands
    • Yee’s Wetland
    • More Maui Wetlands
      • Kanahā Wetland
      • Kenolio Park

SAVE THE WETLANDS

Help us save Maui's remaining Wetlands

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  • About Us
    • Mission
      • Our Team
      • Data collection and Mapping
    • Volunteer to Mālama a Wetland
      • World Wetlands Day Events February 2nd & 4th 2023
    • Wetlands Calendar
    • Wetland Coloring Book
    • Photo Gallery
    • News
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe to SavetheWetlands
      • Wetland Talk Story
      • Our Partners
  • 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?
    • 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?
      • Where will the wetlands be in 20-30 years?
    • 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
    • Wetland Plants and Animals
      • Wetland Birds
      • Wetlands Birds of Hawaii
      • Flora and Fauna Report from Kim and Forest Starr
    • Watershed Mauka to Makai
      • Water cycle Mauka to Makai
      • 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?
  • Wetlands (Page 1)
    • Anchialine pools of La Perouse Maui
    • Ewa Wetland
    • Halama Wetlands
    • Kalama Wetlands
      • Kihei Stream
    • Keālia Wetlands
    • Kaʻonoʻulu/Kulanihakoi Wetlands
      • Kulanihakoi Gulch Stream
    • Koʻieʻie Wetland
    • Lāʻie Mauka
      • Lokelani Stream flows to La’ie Wetlands
    • Lāʻie Wetland
    • Makena Wetlands
    • Pi'ikea Wetlands
  • Wetlands (Page 2)
    • Waiakoa Wetland
      • Waiakoa Gulch Stream
    • Waimahaihai Wetlands
      • Waimahaihai Gulch Stream
    • Waiohuli Kai Wetland
      • Waiohulikai Stream
    • Waipuilani Wetland
      • Waipuilani Gulch
    • Waipuilani Mauka
    • Waipuilani 16E
    • Welakahao Wetland
    • VFW Wetlands
    • Yee’s Wetland
    • More Maui Wetlands
      • Kanahā Wetland
      • Kenolio Park

Glossary

  • 100-year-flood
  • Aggrade
  • aquifer
  • Basin
  • Bed load
  • Channelization
  • cryptorheic basins
  • Culvert
  • Distributary
  • drainage basin
  • drawdown
  • Ecosystem
  • effluent
  • erosion
  • estuary
  • flood
  • flood plain
  • flood stage
  • Floodplain
  • 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 solids
  • suspended-sediment concentration
  • suspended-sediment discharge
  • tributary
  • turbidity
  • Ungulate
  • unsaturated zone
  • wastewater
  • water table
  • water table
  • watershed
  • Weir
  • well
  • withdrawal
  • xeriscaping

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