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States With the Longest Coastlines The following is a list of the states with the ten longest coastlines in the United States arranged by length. The bodies of water that they border have been included for reference. 1) Alaska. Length: 6,640 miles (17,197 km) Bordering: The Pacific Ocean and ​the Arctic Ocean. 2) Florida. Length: 1,350 miles (3,496 km)
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Does Michigan have the longest coast line in the United States? 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. 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.
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Which of the 48 states has the most coastline? Relevance. Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Florida had the longest saltwater shoreline, and Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline (#3 thru #8 are very close...only 190 miles separates #3 Maine with #8 Michigan).
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NAME Seattle has 147.52 miles of fresh water shoreline and 53.38 miles of salt water shoreline for a total of 200.90 miles of shoreline (source 1). Puget Sound has 500 square miles of water, 1,400 miles of shoreline and some 300 islands. The average depth is 205 feet with a maximum depth of 930 feet.
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Top 12 Longest Beaches in the World Nevertheless, it is a long beach and the longest beach on the United States’ West Coast so it gets to rank even though it boasts to be bigger than it is. 7.Virginia Beach · Virginia · 56 km (35 miles). image by jim.
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Interstate 90 Interstate 90. Interstate 90 (I-90) is a transcontinental freeway, and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at 3,020.54 miles (4,861.09 km). Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in Boston, at Route 1A near Logan International Airport.
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Florida Tallahassee is the state capital. A peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida, it has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), and is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Top 10 Longest Highways in the World Interstate 90 (I-90) The longest Interstate Highway in the U.S, this highway extends up to 3,099.07 miles (4,987 km). It runs parallel to the U.S Route 20 for the most part. Its eastern terminus is in Boston and western terminus is in Seattle.
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- This is because what have traditionally been called Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are really giant lobes of a single lake connected by the five mile wide Strait of Mackinac.) It has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes, counting its 30,000 islands. Surface Area: 22,973 mi2 / 59,500 km2.
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Major Bodies of Water in the United States Lake Superior also has a larger volume of water than any other American lake, with 2,904 cubic miles. Missouri River The Missouri River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of 2,500 miles. The Missouri River begins in the Rocky Mountains and flows through Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas before ending north of St. Louis, Missouri. This river flows into the Mississippi River.
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Lake & Reservoir Search Results Spanning the border from Minnesota into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, Lake of the Woods is an enormous body of water over 68 miles long, 59 miles wide, with 25,000 miles of shoreline-the world's longest lake shoreline. The western part of the lake is mostly open water, while the ...
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Does Michigan have the longest coast line in the United States? 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.
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U.S. Route 20 U.S. Route 20 is an east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest all the way to New England. The 0 in its route number indicates that US 20 is a coast-to-coast route. Spanning 3,365 miles, it is the longest road in the United States, and the route roughly parallels that of Interstate 90. There is a discontinuity in the official designation of US 20 through Yellowstone National Park, with unnumbered roads used to traverse the park. It and US 30 break the ...
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- Flathead Lake is 28 miles long and 15 miles wide, making it the largest freshwater lake in the western United States. There is 128 miles of shoreline, and the maximum depth is 386 feet.
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- Longest Bridges In The United States Are Located In Louisana. Lake Pontchartrain Bridge is the first on the list to be located outside of Asia. This 23.9-mile bridge connects highway commuters in Louisiana, the US and relies on 9,500 concrete pilings for support.
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- At 6,229 feet above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the United States, measuring 22 miles long by 12 miles wide, has a surface area of 191 square miles and an average depth of 989 feet and 72 miles of shoreline.
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General Lake Superior (20,364,800 acres total with 962,700 acres in Minnesota) Lake of the Woods (950,400 acres total with 307,010 acres in Minnesota) Longest shoreline: Lake Vermilion, St. Louis County (290 miles of shoreline) Minnesota River length: 370 miles. Mississippi River length in Minnesota: 680 miles. State and national Wild and Scenic Rivers: 589 miles. Total Area Covered by Lakes and Rivers (deep water): 2,560,299 acres. Total surface water area including wetlands: 13,136,357 acres
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The worldâs longest highways Interstate 90 (I-90), US. Interstate 90 (I-90) runs from Boston, Massachusetts, to Seattle, Washington. The highway is 4,860.2km long ranking as the ninth longest highway in the world and the longest Interstate Highway in the US.
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- Alaska has 47,300 miles of coastline (where the state touches the Ocean) if you measure the coves, islands and bays. This is only one component of shoreline.
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- The longest distance that travels entirely across the United States  is from northwest Washington to southeast Florida and is about 2800  miles, or 4500 kilometers. The dist…ance between northeast Maine and  the West Coast is greater, but much of this route passes through  Canada. 1 person found this useful.
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Canada Canada has the longest coastline in the world, with a total length of 202,080 kilometres (125,570 mi); additionally, its border with the United States is the world's longest land border, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi).anada has the longest coastline in the world, with a total length of 202,080 kilometres (125,570 mi); additionally, its border with the United States is the world's longest land border, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi).
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- a sea or a ocean the united states has around 95000 miles of coastline this fact was taken from the noaa there are many more miles of coast around the world the cia also gives many other facts about how many miles of coast we have around the world
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"The ""Longest"" Islands in the United States" Whidbey Island in Washington state is always calling itself the longest island in the United States, or the longest island in the continental United States, or, sometimes, the longest saltwater-surrounded island in the continental United States.
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park If you count all its islands, Alaska has almost 34,000 miles of shoreline—far more than any other state. Jumping on a day cruise gives you unparalleled views of those dramatic,... Sponsors
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US Geography Of the five lakes, only lake Michigan is located entirely in the United States. There are eight states that have shoreline on at least one of the Great Lakes including New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
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- Total length of Great Lakes shoreline, including islands: 11,000 miles. 1  World’s supply of surface freshwater in the Great Lakes: 20 percent. 2  Combined surface area of all the Great Lakes: 94,000 square miles (244,000 square kilometers).