Which state is surrounded by the most water?

[purepolly]

% wise (shoreline/land mass) it's RI

 

[FoBoT]

FFactory0x
what is the right answer?

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: Garuda
Alaska has the most coastline, followed by Michigan, then California, and then Florida.

im pretty sure your wrong. I remember doing a project a while back and I know that Maine has more coastline that almost any other contential US state. Unfortunatly i cant find any facts about other states and their coastline.

edit: not saying that alaska is the wrong answer was talking about the other states after alaska

 

[Spencer278]

I think Canada wins

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: DingDingDao

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Amused
Yep, it could mean "which state has the most shoreline?"

if so then the answer is Maine, its shoreline is so long that if you stretch it out it is as long as the whole east coast

dont beleive me look it up

Uh, no. Alaska.

The coastline of Alaska is longer than the entire coastline of the lower-forty-eight states of the United States.

Alaska has the longest coastline, approximately 10,700 kilometers (about 6,640 miles), which makes it longer than the coastline of the ?lower? 48 states combined. If all the islands of Alaska are included, the amount of coastline increases five-fold.

Alaska: The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined

How many more times do I have to look it up?

I'm really surprised that this is even up for debate. By land mass, Alaska is almost as large as the western U.S. Add to that the fact that the state is a gigantic peninsula, and then add in the Aleutian island archipelago and it's no contest.

Um, I'm going to say North Dakota...:roll:

 

[imthebadguy]

Originally posted by: vailr
I'll say: Michigan.

 

[Bryophyte]

Ok, all of you saying "continental US" as a way of excluding Alaska...just what continent do you think Alaska is on??? There are 49 CONTINENTAL states. There are 48 "contiguous" or even "continuous" states.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Alaska also had enough acres of forest burned in fires this summer to cover several of the smaller North-Eastern states.

 

[300MDemon]

Georgia

 

[zugzoog]

Depends, how long is the ruler that you are using?

Text+ How Long is the Coastline of Britain?


The question "How long is the coastline of Britain?" posed by Benoit Mandelbrot, the father of modern fractal theory, in his book The Fractal Geometry of Nature is not as simple as it appears. The problem is that one's answer to this question depends on the length of the ruler one uses. Unlike circles and the other shapes from classical geometry, coastlines are very irregular. They're full of inlets, bays, and rocky shores. A shorter measuring stick will fit more snugly in these nooks and crannies and increase the estimated length of the coastline. Hence, if we measure the length of Britain's coastline using a mile-long ruler, we will get one value. If we use a shorter ruler, say a yardstick, we will get a larger value because a yardstick can more closely approximate Britain's convoluted boundary. In fact, as the scale of measurement decreases, the estimated length increases without limit. Thus, as the length of the ruler approaches zero, the estimated length of the coastline approaches infinity. This difficulty in measuring due to the irregularity of the object being measured is characteristic of fractal curves and surfaces.

 

[dethman]

iowa.

 

[jst0ney]

Originally posted by: ggnl
I would guess that Alaska has the most coastline if that's what you're asking.

By far

 

[faenix]

It's New York dummies.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Nevada.

 

Originally posted by: zugzoog
Depends, how long is the ruler that you are using?

Text+ How Long is the Coastline of Britain?


The question "How long is the coastline of Britain?" posed by Benoit Mandelbrot, the father of modern fractal theory, in his book The Fractal Geometry of Nature is not as simple as it appears. The problem is that one's answer to this question depends on the length of the ruler one uses. Unlike circles and the other shapes from classical geometry, coastlines are very irregular. They're full of inlets, bays, and rocky shores. A shorter measuring stick will fit more snugly in these nooks and crannies and increase the estimated length of the coastline. Hence, if we measure the length of Britain's coastline using a mile-long ruler, we will get one value. If we use a shorter ruler, say a yardstick, we will get a larger value because a yardstick can more closely approximate Britain's convoluted boundary. In fact, as the scale of measurement decreases, the estimated length increases without limit. Thus, as the length of the ruler approaches zero, the estimated length of the coastline approaches infinity. This difficulty in measuring due to the irregularity of the object being measured is characteristic of fractal curves and surfaces.

BOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[ctcsoft]

you idiots!!!

YOUR ALL WRONG..

its Puerto Rico. Jesus god what school did you rapajoes go to anyways?

:beer: - on me.

 

[newnameman]

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: Garuda
Alaska has the most coastline, followed by Michigan, then California, and then Florida.

im pretty sure your wrong. I remember doing a project a while back and I know that Maine has more coastline that almost any other contential US state. Unfortunatly i cant find any facts about other states and their coastline.

edit: not saying that alaska is the wrong answer was talking about the other states after alaska

Does Michigan have the longest coast line in the United States?

There is a comparative table of state shorelines on the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality's site that gives the measurements for states touching the Great Lakes. See http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,...3_3677-15959--,00.html World Book Encyclopedia (v.13, p.500 of the 2000 edition) states that Michigan's shoreline, at 3,288 miles is "more than any other state except Alaska. This includes 1,056 miles (1,699 kilometers) of island shoreline." In v.1 (p.284 and 294) of the same edition it states that Alaska has 6,640 miles or 10,686 kilometers of coastline.

 

[Kntx]

Originally posted by: bunker
http://www.teachingtips.com/ar.../worksheetOswitch.html

Alaska is by far the largest state in America. Indeed, as the old joke goes, "you could cut Alaska in half and make Texas the third largest state in the union." The highest mountain in North America is in the state, as are the most lakes and glaciers, and it has more coastline than the rest of the United States combined.

(from a different site about Alaska)

I thought the highest mountain in north america was mt. logan in the yukon?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: ctcsoft
you idiots!!!

YOUR ALL WRONG..

its Puerto Rico. Jesus god what school did you rapajoes go to anyways?

:beer: - on me.

Hopefully you went to a school that is not within part of the United States

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Kntx
I thought the highest mountain in north america was mt. logan in the yukon?

Mt Logan 19,550'
Mt McKinley 20,320'

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: ggnl
I would guess that Alaska has the most coastline if that's what you're asking.

 

Originally posted by: vailr
I'll say: Michigan.

So will I. Don't forget the Upper Peninsula.

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: onza
i'm going to go with Minnesota.

we have like 10milllion lakes

I heard that question on a radio show and the answer is Minnesota because shoreline refers to any body of water and there are over 10 million lakes.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: J0hnny

Originally posted by: onza
i'm going to go with Minnesota.

we have like 10milllion lakes

I heard that question on a radio show and the answer is Minnesota because shoreline refers to any body of water and there are over 10 million lakes.

I would suspect that Alaska has just about that number of islands also. It will depend on what the definition of an island is.

Look at all the shoreline caused by small stickups along the Gulf of Alaska, from Kodiak past Juno.