Geographical position: Situated in the Southern hemisphere, some 750 km from Madagascar, Reunion Island, a french Overseas department, is a tropical volcanic island with a relief particularly accentuated . Its tallest summit "Le Piton des Neiges" reaches 3,069 m .

Surface area : 2,512 sq.km (+ 30 hectares gained from lava reaching the ocean in 1986) . Maximum diameter: 70 km and length of the coastline: 207 km .

The island is characterized by numerous micro-climates : Temperatures, which are normally relatively high along the coasts, are elsewhere quite moderate in relation to the altitude .
The conditions of climate and rainfall usually undergo modifications during the austral summer when Reunion is occasionally submitted to the effects of cyclones or tropical depressions .

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Hawaii (June, 2001)
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The Hawaiian islands' origin is volcanic like Reunion's one. In Big Island, Kilauea is -with Piton de La Fournaise- the most active volcano in the world. Its current eruption which began in 1983 is still going on. Map of the flows
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