- Kahi: ma ka'ākau o ka mokupuniʻo Madagascar
- Length: 525 km
- ʻO ke kumu: ka confluence o nā muliwai Zabu aʻo Amparikhibe
- Ka Pakuhi:ʻO Mozambique Channel
- ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o kaʻilikai: ʻoi aku ma mua o 860 m
ʻO ka muliwaiʻo Betsibuka ma Madagaskena aia kekahi o nā wai wai kupaianaha o ke ao a he mea kupaianaha loa ia no kaʻimi muaʻana o kona wai.
Kahi a me ka'āina o ka muliwai
ʻO Betsibuka ka muliwai nui loa ma Madagaskar a holo i ka'ākau komohana o ka mokupuni. Aia ia ma ke kikowaena o ka'āina, ma ka'ākau o ka mokuʻo Antananarivo , ma ke kālepa o nā muliwaiʻo Amparikhibe a me Zabu. Holo hou akuʻo Betsibuka i ka'ākau, e pili ana i kahi e noho aiʻo Maevatanana me ka muliwai Ikupa. Ma kaʻaoʻao he 40 mau mile o ka muliwai ma ke kahawai he nui nā loko liʻiliʻi. A ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Maruvuy, ka muliwai o Betsibuka e kahe ana i ka wai o ka Bumbetuka Bay, kahi i loaʻa ai he delta. Mai kahi a hiki i 130 km ke kahawai. I ka pukaʻana mai ke kai kūʻono mai,ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa o Madagascar - Mahadzanga .
He aha nā mea hoihoi e pili ana i ka muliwai Betsibuka?
ʻO ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa o nā kahawai o Betsibuka ka muliwai e hoʻolālā i kaʻala. Ua ho'ākākaʻia kēiaʻano ma kaʻikeʻana ma hope o kaʻokiʻana i nā mangrove ma kapa o ka muliwai me ka holoʻana o nā kahawai ua hoʻomaka ka lepo e holoi, ua hoʻomakaʻia keʻano o ka hoʻopauʻiaʻana a me ka hoʻololiʻana i ka lepo o keʻano. Ma muli o ka lepo o kēia mau wahi heʻeleʻele uliuli, ua loaʻa i ka wai ka laulā like.
Ma muli o ka hōʻailona pili'āina i mea e pale ai i ka paeʻana o nā moku moana, ua hoʻoiliʻia nā wahi o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Mahadzanga i ka makahiki 1947 i waho o ka mokuʻo Betsibuki.
I kaʻikeʻana o ka hapahā he hapahā o ka mea hoʻokele o ka lōʻihi, ua hoʻohana nuiʻiaʻo Betsibuka no nāʻoihana hoʻolālā a me nāʻoihana kālepa. Eia kekahi, ma nā kahakai o kēia kahawai he mau lāiki raiki.
ʻO ka alaʻoluʻolu loa eʻike i nā waiʻokoʻa koko o ka muliwai Betsibuki, e hele i ka huakaʻi hele ma keʻano he wahi o kahi hui. He nui nā huakaʻi hele kaʻawale o Madagascar e hāʻawi aku i hoʻokahi o nā ala e hele ai i ke kapa o ka muliwai a me ka nānāʻana i kekahi mau wikiwiki. Eia pū, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i kahi kaʻa a hele, e like me keʻano o ka confluence o Betsibuki me Ikupa a i ke awa o Makhadzang .