Waimea Canyon State Park

22.0512 - 159.6389Koordinaten: 22 ° 3 ' 4 " N, 159 ° 38' 20 " W

Waimea Canyon ( also Grand Canyon of the Pacific, German Grand Canyon of the Pacific) is a canyon in the west of Kauai in Hawaii.

Geography

The canyon is about 16 kilometers long and up to 900 meters deep.

The Hawaiian word Waimea means reddish water and refers to the erosion of the red rock of the canyon, which is washed out from the Waimea River. This is from the rainfall on Waialeale - fed - one of the wettest places on earth.

Parts of the canyon form the Waimea Canyon State Park with an area of 7.5 km ².

Flora

The very rare tree Hibiscadelphus distans is endemic in the Waimea Canyon.