Physical Features
Hawaii is the only state that is not part of the North American
continent. Hawaii is actually a chain of 132 islands. Each is the top of a
submerged volcanic mountain, that can be divided into three land groups.
The first group has eight main islands. All of the main islands except Kahoolawe, are inhabited. The
other 124 islands ,in the second and third group, are only about three square
miles in total land area and are not fit really a good place for people to live.
Some of the coastline is made of tall cliffs rising straight up from the shore. In some places large
rocks of lava stick out from the water along the shore. Most of the beaches on the islands have beautiful
white sand. Some beaches are covered with black sand, formed when molten lava met the ocean.
continent. Hawaii is actually a chain of 132 islands. Each is the top of a
submerged volcanic mountain, that can be divided into three land groups.
The first group has eight main islands. All of the main islands except Kahoolawe, are inhabited. The
other 124 islands ,in the second and third group, are only about three square
miles in total land area and are not fit really a good place for people to live.
Some of the coastline is made of tall cliffs rising straight up from the shore. In some places large
rocks of lava stick out from the water along the shore. Most of the beaches on the islands have beautiful
white sand. Some beaches are covered with black sand, formed when molten lava met the ocean.
Arches 3
Areas 151
Bars 49
Basins 10
Bays 376
Beaches 319
Benches 3
Capes 800
Cliffs 74
Craters 85
Falls 99
Flats 16
Forests 63
Islands 147
Lakes 71
Lava 99
Pillars 12
Plains 1
Ranges 9
Ridges 118
Slopes 7
Springs 62
Streams 561
Summits 1,112
Swamps 14
Valleys 718
Woods 3
Areas 151
Bars 49
Basins 10
Bays 376
Beaches 319
Benches 3
Capes 800
Cliffs 74
Craters 85
Falls 99
Flats 16
Forests 63
Islands 147
Lakes 71
Lava 99
Pillars 12
Plains 1
Ranges 9
Ridges 118
Slopes 7
Springs 62
Streams 561
Summits 1,112
Swamps 14
Valleys 718
Woods 3