Chapter 18: Hawaii

Hawaiian Food

I’m sure you’ll be encountering many foods and terms that you’re maybe unfamiliar with when visiting Hawaii. This is because Hawaii is such a place where a wide variety of ethnic culture from the world has been involved: Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and such.

In terms of yummy cuisines, we can’t talk about Hawaii without this amazing food chain store: L&L. You probably have had Hawaiian Barbecue for lunch sometime before at L&L.

The term, Hawaiian Barbecue was first coined by Eddie Flore, Jr, founder of L&L. Flore with his partner, Jonson Kam, built a reputation of serving fresh plate lunches, in generous portions, and low prices across Hawaii.

Chapter 16: The north Pacific Coast

Mountain Peaks

Hawaii has many high mountain peaks and summits. Among all of the mountains, the tallest mountain in Hawaii is “Mauna Kea.” Mauna Kea’s peak is 13,803 feet (4,207 m) above mean sea level. It’s also 33,476 feet (10,203 m) if measured from the floor of the Pacific Ocean; it is known as the tallest mountain in the world by this measure, which is taller than Mount Everest (the highest mountain above sea level).

Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano, one of five volcanoes, but it is believed by geologists that Mauna Kea would erupt during past times. Earthquakes also occur quite frequently on this mountain and this seems to be the result of tectonic faulting.

Chapter 15: California

Freeway

Hawaii’s Interstate H-1 is one of the freeways, which is essential in Hawaiian daily life. H-1 is known as the busiest Interstate Highway in Hawaii and is located on O’ahu Island. H-1 is the oldest freeway built in the Hawaiian Islands and the portion of H-1 opened in 1953 as the Mauka Arterial when Hawaii became a state.

Chapter 14: the Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

Ethnic Diversity

According to the U.S. Census Bureau estimate, Hawaii is the state with the highest ethnic minority population in the nation. Hawaii is considered a mixed plate of ethnic groups where a variety of different ethnic cultures have widely spread. Hawaii’s population comprises Hawaiian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Caucasian Vietnamese, and Portuguese. Asian has dominated more than half of its population.

Since Hawaii has been a home to many different ethnic groups for decades, we can be exposed to different types of culture and experience new things like cuisines at the same time.

Chapter 13: The Empty Interior

Wildlife

The scenery in Hawaii is just a breathtaking treasure that the nature of Hawaii creates. But not only that, Hawaiian wildlife is a major draw that tourists can’t miss. There is a variety of wildlife that can be all seen in their habitat both on the ground and in the water.

Hawaiian Monk Seals

Humpback Whales of Hawaii

Hawaiian Sea Turtles

Hawaiian Coral Reefs

Hawaiian Dolphins

‘I’iwi (Hawaiian Honeycreeper)

Pueo (Hawaiian Short-eared Owl)

Chapter 12: The Great Plains And Prairies

Water Irrigation

Irrigation systems are the vital lifeline for agricultural operations. Usually, it’s easy to trace a continuous cycle of water on small islands. A patter of small islands’ water cycle varies according to geology, landforms, soils, and rainfall in a different place.

In Hawaii, its water resources are diverse with continuous streams, rain forests, cactus forests, and underground tunnels. Hawaii manages five irrigation systems: two on Oafu, two on Hawaii island, and one on Molokai.

[Oafu]

Waimanalo Irrigation System

Length: 15 miles

Acres Served: 1,174 acres

Transports: 150.0 million gallons per year

Kahuku Irrigation System

Length: 3 miles

Acres Served: 445 acres

[Hawaii]

Waimea Irrigation System

Length: 15 miles

Acres Served: 566 acres

Transports: 307.2 million gallons per year

Honoka’a-Pauilo Irrigation System

Length: 26 miles

Acres Served: 4,755 acres

[Molokai]

Molokai Irrigation System

Length: 25 miles

Acres Served: 3,160 acres

Transports: 1.2 billion gallons per year

Chapter 11: The Agricultural Core

Hawaii’s mild climate allows Hawaii to produce many different types of agriculture. About 40 percent of Hawaii is dominated for farmland and the agriculture sales per year play a big role in the Hawaii economy. Probably when most people imagine agriculture in Hawaii, the crops that they may come up with are pineapple, sugarcane, coffee, macadamia nuts, or this sort of thing.

But Hawaii agriculture include even avocados, bananas, citrus, ginger, guava, papayas, taro, onions, sweet potato, lettuce, and seed crops. These are also very important crops that help sustain Hawaii’s economy.