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The Hawaiian archipelago is made up of over 130 points of land covering 1,600 miles in length.  Hawaii is made up of eight main islands, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii.  From east to west Hawaii is the widest state in the United States, and the Hawaiian Islands are the extrapolative tops of the biggest mountain range in the world. Under-sea volcanoes that erupted thousands of years ago formed the islands of Hawaii.The Big Island, for instance, is constructed of 5 major volcanoes: Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Hualalai and Kohala.Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth.The Hawaiian volcanoes were formed by the Hawaiian hot spot, which is at the moment under the Big Island of Hawaii.Together, on the eight main Islands there are lava deserts on the Big Island and highland rainforests on Kauai; on Molokai you'll find the world's tallest sea cliffs and miles of pristine beaches.


Bolivia is located in central South America,17 00 S, 65 00 W.Bolivia is a landlocked country and is made up of mountain ranges, plains, rain forests, and deserts.It is made up of highlands and lowlands, and temperatures range from hot to cold.Some of the highlands are Sucre, the Altiplano,the Uyuni salt flat, and La Paz.The lowlands,or Amazon basin, takes up more than half of all Bolivia and are mostly swamps and rain forests.Bolivia has the highest airport in the world located in El Alto, Lago Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake with an elevation of 3,805 m , and Bolivia’s highest point being Nevado Sajama with an elevation of 6,542 m.The size of Bolivia is 1,098,580 sq km.It has 314 municipalities and nine departments(similar to states) and 21 national parks and reserves.The nine departments are Beni,Chuquisaca,Cochabamba,Oruro,Pando,La Paz,Potosi,Santa Cruz,and Tarija.There are three native languages spoken in Bolivia and are all official, Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara.Sucre is the official and legal capital of Bolivia and is a popular tourist site.To give you a vague idea of the size of Bolivia it is fair to say that it is around two and a half times the size of Montana.