- Length: 760 km
- ʻO ke kumu kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka moana: 2,400 m
ʻO kekahi o nā muliwai nui loa o'Aitiopiaʻo'Omo ('Omo River). E hele ana ia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ka'āina a komo i loko o nā wahi i mālamaʻia he mau hiʻona e pili ana i nā kaiaola.
Nāʻike nui e pili ana i nā hiʻona
ʻO kekahi o nā muliwai nui loa o'Aitiopiaʻo'Omo ('Omo River). E hele ana ia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ka'āina a komo i loko o nā wahi i mālamaʻia he mau hiʻona e pili ana i nā kaiaola.
Nāʻike nui e pili ana i nā hiʻona
Aia ka muliwai ma waenakonu o nā Kuahiwi'Atiopa a holo i ka Lake Rudolf, nona ka kiʻekiʻe he 375 m. Ua kauliaʻo'Omo i nā palena o Kenya a me Sudan Kina, aʻo kona lōʻihi lōʻihi he 760 km a me. ʻO nā kauā nuiʻo Gojab lāuaʻo Gibe.
Ua hoʻomaka ke aupuni o ka moku'āina i loko o ke kīʻaha i ke kūkuluʻiaʻana o nā pūnaehana nui o ka hydroelectric. Pono lākou e hoʻolako i Addis Ababa me ka pūnaewele ponoʻole. Loaʻa i kēia mauʻoihana elela hydroelectric i kēia manawa, 1870 MW ka mana o kēlā me kēia.
ʻO kahi o nā wahi paʻakikī ma'Atiopia ,ʻo ia ke awāwa o ka muliwaiʻo'Omo, no laila,ʻaʻole i pae nā colonialists iʻaneʻi. I kēia manawa, he mau holoholona likeʻole ko kēia mau'āina, a noho pūʻia e nāʻohana likeʻole, a ma muli o kā lākouʻano i hoʻohiwahiwa ai i nā malihini mai nā wahi likeʻole o ka honua.
Nā Hui o kaʻOka'Omo
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā poʻe Aborigina e noho ana ma kahakai, pili kokoke ko lākou ola me ka wai. Ua hoʻomohala ka poʻe'ōiwi i nā kānāwai loli a me nāʻoihana o ka nohonawaiwai, ua aʻoʻia e hoʻololi i ka'ōlikai paʻakikī, i kūpono i ka'ōpala a me ke kauʻana o ka wā. No ka hoʻoulu i ka'āina, hoʻohana nāʻohana i nā momona o ka muliwai.
Ma hope o ka hopena o ka ua, hoʻomaka nā poʻe'āina e ulu i ka paka, ka mai, sorghum a me nā meaʻai'ē aʻe. Ma ke awāwaʻo'Omo River, hānai lākou i nā pipi, hopu i nā mea hihiu a me nā iʻa. I ko lākou olaʻana i nā lā a pau,ʻaʻole hoʻohana wale nā poʻe haole i ka waiū, kaʻili, kaʻiʻo, akā,ʻo ke koko hoʻi, aʻo ka papa inoa o nā moʻomeheu e pili ana i ka heri, ka uku nui e uku ai kaʻohana o ka wahine mare i kaʻohana o ke kāne.
Ma kahi kokoke i ka muliwai o'Omo, aia he 16 mauʻohana kahiko, aʻo ka meaʻoi loa o ia meaʻo iaʻo Khamer, Mursi a me Karo. Ke kaua mau nei lākou i kekahi me kekahi, a ua pili lākou i nāʻano'ōlelo a me nā lāhui'ē aʻe. Noho nā Aboriginal e like me nā kuʻuna kahiko, kūkulu hale i ka mauʻu a me ka manamana, mai hoʻokaumaha iā lākou iho me nāʻaʻahu a me ka maʻemaʻe. ʻAʻole lākou iʻike i ke kūlana civili, nā kānāwai o ka moku'āina, a me ka manaʻo o ka nani i loko o ia mau mea, he mea like loa ia i kaʻaeʻiaʻana o ka lehulehu.
ʻO kahi mea maikaʻi
Ma nā kapa o ke kahawaiʻo'Omo e pili kokoke ana i ke kauhaleʻo Kibish, uaʻike nā kānakaʻepekema i nā mea kālaihonua, nā mea kahiko kahiko loa. He mau lālā lākou no Homo helmei aʻo Homo sapiens, aʻo ko lākou mau makahiki iʻoi aku i ka 195,000 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻokomoʻia kēia māhele ma ka UNESCO Heritage Heritage List.
ʻAla honua
ʻO ke awāwa kahi māhele o nā moku'āinaʻelua : Mago a me'Omo. Ua kūkuluʻia lākou e mālama i kekahi holoholona kūikawā a me ke ola. Maanei ola 306 mau manu manu,ʻo ka mea kaulana loa o lākou:
- nā kahu kīʻaha poni;
- Hanacle Turaco;
- o na herona o ko Golia;
- o na ooni;
- nā meaʻai pūlehuʻulaʻula;
- ʻikeʻia nā lūlū a me nā manu'ē aʻe.
Mai nā momona ma ke kahakaiʻo'Omo River, hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā cheetahs, nā liona, nā leopards, nā giraffes, nā elephan, ka buffalo, nāland, ka hema, nā moku moku, ka Zebra Berchell a me nāʻauwai.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ka kipa
ʻAʻohe hana pilikino kūkaʻi,ʻaʻohe he kākoʻo no ka poʻe hele. ʻAʻole i keʻakeʻaʻia nā holoʻana ma ke awāwa o'Omo, a hiki wale i nā mea kikaʻikaʻi ke hele wale mai me kahi alakaʻi a me ke kula e pono e kāhikoʻia.
Pono nāʻano kōkua i ka hopena o ka hopenaʻana o nā kama'āina o ka'āina iāʻoe. He pōʻino loa ia e noho i ka pō o ke kahawaiʻo'Omo, akā naʻe, he mau piko, e makemake ana e hōʻoki i ko lākou mau aʻa, e wāwahi mau i nā halelewa maʻaneʻi.
Pehea e hiki ai i laila?
Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ke kahawaiʻo'Omo ma kahi o nā kahawai, ma ke kaʻa ma nā alaloa 51 a me 7, a ma ka mokulele hoʻi. Ma ke kahakai e kūkulu i kahi alakai liʻiliʻi, e pae i luna o laila ma luna o laila wale nō nā liners o nā moku'āina o ka moku. ʻO ka mamao mai ke poʻokela o'Aitiopia i ke awāwa he 400 mau mile. ʻO ka heleʻana ma ka'āina kahakai e hiki wale nō i nā mea pani paʻa wale,ʻaʻohe alanui.