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Hawaii waterfalls Name Island Height (feet) Height (meters) Notes ʻAkaka Falls: Hawaii 442 135 [1] Hiilawe Waterfall: Hawaii 1,450 440 [1] Mount Waialeale Falls Hawaii Wall of Tears Onomea Falls Hawaii Rainbow Falls (Hawaii) Hawaii 80 24 Umauma Falls: Hawaii Waihilau Falls: Hawaii 2,600 790 [1] Waiilikahi Falls Hawaii 1,080 330 [1] Hanakapiai ...
The Hawaiian tropical rainforests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands. They cover an area of 6,700 km 2 (2,600 sq mi) in the windward lowlands and montane regions of the islands. [1] Coastal mesic forests are found at elevations from sea level to 300 m (980 ft). [2]
Many people hike the trail to see the Manoa Falls, a 150-foot waterfall [2] that empties into a small pool of water. [1] The location is often referred to as the "Rainbow Valley", because of the frequent rainbows. [7] The Manoa valley and the surrounding area is considered a tropical rainforest. The Manoa Falls Trail is very humid and frequent ...
The waterfall is nestled in the mountains of Koolau in a tropical rainforest. [4] Since the area surrounding the waterfall is considered a tropical rainforest, it is prone to heavy rainfall often making the ground damp and muddy [1] The high amount of precipitation leads to a high amount of plant life near the falls. [4]
The summit of Waiʻaleʻale features a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af), with substantial rainfall throughout the course of the year. ( Bodin 1978 : 272) quotes 460.0 inches (11,684 mm) per year figure as being the 1912–45 average, an average that quite possibly will have changed since then, while The National Climatic Data Center ...
ʻAkaka Falls State Park ʻAkaka Falls on Kolekole Stream Location in Hawaii Location Honomu, Hawaiʻi, United States Coordinates 19°51′14″N 155°9′16″W / 19.85389°N 155.15444°W / 19.85389; -155.15444 Governing body Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources ʻAkaka Falls State Park is a state park on Hawaiʻi Island, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The park is about ...
Hiilawe Waterfall is one of the tallest and most powerful waterfalls in Hawaii located on the Big Island. The waterfall drops about 1,450 feet (442m) with a main drop of 1,201 feet (366m), into Waipio Valley on Lalakea Stream. [ 1 ]
Waihilau Falls is a waterfall in the Waimanu Valley, in the U.S. state of Hawaii on the island of Hawaii, the state's biggest and youngest island. It is the third-tallest waterfall in Hawaii [1] and the thirteenth-highest in the world at 2,600 feet (790 metres) in height. [2] It consists of three slender threads of water falling down through ...