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Big Island And Oahu Similarities
Two Islands one big and one not as big are close enough to be called cousins! On such a little island, Oahu has a colossal population size compared to the Big Island. Don’t take the Big Island for granted because it is a fiery place. Literally there are as much as three active volcanoes with one on the way. Although, the Big Island and Oahu are both in the state of Hawai’i, there are still plenty of similarities and differences between these two places. These differences range to the islands weather to the amount of civilization and cultivation there may be on the islands. There similarities can go from how both these islands were made to even the types of natural causes affecting both of the islands from one time or another.

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