- Kahi: ma ka hikina hikina o Madagaskar
- Length: 654 km
ʻAʻoleʻike nuiʻia ka mokupuniʻo Madagascar no nā papa'āina a me nā kahakai keʻokeʻo. Aia kekahi mau wahi hoʻokipa e pono ke kipa i kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi. Hiki paha ke nānāʻiaʻo Pangalan heʻokoʻa kaʻawale,ʻo ka huakaʻi e hāʻawi iāʻoe i nā manaʻo maikaʻi.
Eʻike i ke kahawai
ʻO ka pae kaiʻo Pangalan he wahi nui o ke kaiʻana o ke kahakai o ka'āina hikina no nā kauhale liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kahawai 654 km. Terorially, hoʻomaka ia ma kahi hema loa o ke kūlanakauhale nuiʻo Madagascar Tuamasin a hāpai i Manakara. Mahalo i ke kahawai, hiki i nā'āpana ke komo i loko o ka wai i kahi 480 km a me ka hoʻopukaʻana i nā waiwai i nā wahi paʻakikī a me nā kauhale kūpono, kahiʻole e alakaʻiʻia nā alanui.
ʻO ka hāmama nui o ke kuhumu i ka makahiki 1901. Ua hanaʻia kekahi hana hana no kekahi manawa lōʻihi: pono e hoʻohui i kahi kaula o nā kauā a me nā loko liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi pūnaewele wai. I kekahi mau wahi, ua kokoke loa ke kahawai i kaʻaoʻao o Madagascar, a me ka moku Indian ke māheleʻia nei he 50 mau mika o ka'āina.
I ka makahiki 2003, hoʻopukaʻo France i kahi palapala e pili ana i ke kūkulu a me ka hanaʻana o ka pae honuaʻo Pangalan. I kēia mau lā, ma ke kahakai, nā huakaʻi liʻiliʻi e mālamaʻia no nā mea a pau e makemake eʻike i ke ola o ka poʻe o ka poʻe.
I loko o ke kōkō o Pangalan, miliona mau iʻa a me nā manu e ola nei,ʻo nā kolokolo eʻauʻau ana i loko, a ua nohoʻia nā wao nahele a puni e nā holoholona he nui.
Pehea e hele ai i ke kahawai?
No kaʻikeʻana i ke kahawaiʻo Pangalan, ponoʻoe e kipa i ke kūlanakauhale nuiʻo Madagascar - Tuamasina. Mai kēia wahi e hele ka hapa nui o nā huakaʻi huakaʻi ma ke kahawai ma luna o ka moku a me ka waʻa paha.