Hawaii is made up of 9 Islands, Kaula, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lani, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii. These islands are grouped together into 4 major cities:
Maui-which includes Lani, Maui, Molokai, and Kahoolawe islands
Honolulu- which includes Oahu island
Kauai- which includes Kauai, Niihau, and Kaula islands
Hawaii- which includes the island of Hawaii
These islands arose out of the sea by volcanoes that opened up about 25 million years ago.
Together they form a 16- hundred mile chain of islands, roughly lying 20 degrees north latitude.
The Western Islands are the oldest islands and as you move right each island gets younger.
Many areas receive heavy rainfall, about 240 inches a year.
The beaches of the islands are made up of either pulverization of corals and shells that would give it a bright white color, or eroded lava flows that reached into the ocean giving it a black color like on the beaches of Kalapana.
Hawaii's climate is mostly tropical/sub-tropical, but temperatures can go from below freezing on the mountain tops to above 90 degrees at sea level.
The ocean that surrounds the islands moderates the temperatures near the coast so they wont change to dramatically.
In the wetter winter months (November-April), known to the ancient Hawaiians as the "Hoo-ilo Season", Hawaii experiences hot tropical storms known as "Kona Storms"
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