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The highest alpine system areas are nival aeolian habitats with winter snow. | Alpine System | The Alpine System in Hawai‘i includes nival aeolian desert at the summit of the highest volcanoes (>9000 ft elev). The Alpine System on Hawai‘i Island(red areas above) occurs in four conservation areas (Mauna Kea, Ka‘ū-Kapāpala, Kona, and Pōhakuloa-Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a) at >9000 ft elev. The Alpine System on Maui (red area above) occurs in the East Maui conservation area at the summit of Haleakalā >9000 ft elev. |