Mary Allen
ʻO ka tropics kahi wahi kikoʻī ma ka honua i wela loa i ka makahiki a puni. Pili kēia i ka ʻāpana ʻākau a me ka hema o ka equator. He laina noʻonoʻo kēia a puni ka honua. Aia ma nā ʻāpana ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hema, ʻApelika, ʻAsia, a me Australia.
He paʻakikī ke haʻi pololei ʻana i nā wahi i komo i ka tropics. ʻO ka ʻōlelo Helene ʻo ia hoʻi: "Ka wahi ma waena o nā ʻāpana ʻelua". Ma kēia wahi, kū pololei ka lā ma luna o ka honua no hoʻokahi lā o ka makahiki, ʻo ia hoʻi, "pololei" ma luna o ke poʻo o ke kanaka. A laila, ʻaʻohe aka o ka pou.
Aia kekahi mau ala ʻē aʻe no ka wehewehe ʻana i ka tropics. Ma nā ʻāina ʻoluʻolu, ua like ka lōʻihi o nā lā me nā pō a puni ka makahiki. He wela like nō lāua ʻelua. ʻAʻole loli nui ko lākou lōʻihi e like me kā mākou. Ma nā ʻāpana he nui o ka ʻāina, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o nā kau. ʻO ke kauwela ma laila i ka makahiki a puni, no laila. Aia kekahi mau waiwai ʻē aʻe o ka tropics. No laila ʻaʻole hiki ke haʻi pololei ʻia inā pili paha kahi ʻāina i ka tropics a ʻaʻole paha.
Pehea ia ma ka aina wela?
He wela loa ia ma nā ʻāina pāpū. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa loa ka nui o ka ua. Ma muli o ka nui o ka ua, aia kekahi mau wahi wela: Inā ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ʻelua mahina o ka makahiki, he wao nahele. ʻAʻohe mea ulu ma laila. Inā ua ma waena o ʻekolu a ʻeiwa mahina o ka makahiki, he savanna ia. E ulu ana ka mauʻu, nā lāʻau, a me nā lāʻau ma laila. Inā ua no ʻumi mahina o ka makahiki a ʻoi aku paha ka lōʻihi, e ulu ana kahi wao ua.
Ke ua no nā mahina, ʻaʻole naʻe i ka makahiki a pau, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "kau ua." ʻO India, no ka laʻana, he wā ua i ke kauwela. ʻOiai ke hilinaʻi nei ke ʻano a me ka mahiʻai i kēia ua, hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka wai nui a me nā pōʻino ʻē aʻe.