Fantastic Facts About: Hawaii

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Fantastic Facts About Hawaii

• Matt, Gene, Liana
• Mrs. Shay
• 4th

US Regions
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Location

• The area of Hawaii is 6,459 square miles.
• The elevation of Hawaii is 13,796 feet because of
  Mountain Mauna Kea.
• The coastline in Hawaii is 750 miles.

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Plant Life

• Ferns are nearly everywhere on Hawaii.
• Hawaii is 65 of ferns.
• Ferns can be turned into hats, stuffing for
  pillows, food, and medicine.
• Edible plants include pineapple, mangos, bananas,
  papayes.
• If you take a hike you could see guavas,
  strawberries, passion fruit, ohelo berries and
  some other exotic plants and fruits.
• Forests and woods cover over 43 of Hawaii.
• Grass and pasture covers over 25 of Hawaii.
• The three most popular trees are Ohia, Hala, and
  Koa.
• The early settlers called the Polynesians brought
  over food like coconuts, breadfruit, sweet
  potato, yams, bananas, sugarcane, arrow root, and
  taro.
• The Polynesians brought over trees such as the
  candlenut, kukui, and the Malay.
• The kukui is the state tree and the state flower
  is the yellow hibiscus.

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Animal Life

• Some of the animals in Hawaii are deer, wild
  goats, wild pigs, skinks, and geckos.
• There are 90 native bird species.
• The state bird of Hawaii is the Nene.
• Some whales perform at the Sea Life Park.
• There are cattle, sheep, and fish.

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Interesting Fact.

• There are 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet and
  they are A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
• Hawaiis nickname is Aloha.
• Hawaii has volcanic mountains that rise from the
  floor of the ocean.
• Hawaii is made up of 132 islands and islets in
  the Pacific Ocean.
• Hawaii is like an island chain and the length is
  about 1,523 miles.
• Hawaii produces sugarcane, honey, beef,
  pineapple, vegetables, potatoes, coffee, and
  macadamia nuts.

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Bibliography
World Book Hawaii Vacation Guide Britannica
Online Kids Infobits