Balsa (jirgi)

Balsa, wani jirgin ruwa ne ko jirgin ruwa da wasu wayewar Kudancin Amurka na Kudancin Amurka suka amfani da shie  wanda aka hadawa daga saƙan redu na totora bulrush. Sun bambanta da girma daga ƙananan kwale-kwale masu girman kwale-kwalen kamun kifi zuwa manyan jiragen ruwa masu tsayin mita 30. Har yanzu ana amfani da su a tafkin Titicaca a  a kasar Peru da Bolivia .

Wannan kalmar ma masana ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi na California da masu ilimin halin ɗan adam suna amfani da ita don komawa ga kwale-kwalen tule da aka ɗaure da su waɗanda ’yan asalin Californian ke amfani da su a cikin zamanin kafin Colombia da kuma na tarihi.

 Duba kuma 

 Abora
 Kantuta Expeditions
 Kon-Tiki
 Reed jirgin ruwa
 Schoenoplectus acutus - sunan gama gari tule

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Gidan Hoto na Tule Boat
 Archived kwale-kwalen Tule Reed    , Ohlone, kaddamar a kan Lake Merced, San Francisco
 Tule Reed kwale, Modoc

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