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    Die US-Bundesstaaten werden danach sortiert, wie viel Fläche sie unter Berücksichtigung der Topographie gewinnen. Vom flachsten (Kansas) zum hügeligsten (Washington)


    Die US-Bundesstaaten werden danach sortiert, wie viel Fläche sie unter Berücksichtigung der Topographie gewinnen. Vom flachsten (Kansas) zum hügeligsten (Washington)

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    1. 321159 on

      Washington gains a whopping 5.27% of surface area through its topography. With my data sources (State boundaries from geoBoundaries, 30m resolution Digital Elevation Model from Copernicus) this actually puts Washington 3 places ahead in the ranking of states by surface area, overtaking North Dakota, Missouri and Oklahoma.

      Analysis was done through Google Earth Engine, Visualization through QGIS.

    3. liquiman77 on

      This is one of the reasons that Kansas is the most boring state in the country – it’s amazing that it’s even flatter than Florida!

    6. Signal_Quarter_74 on

      Here in Kansas we have the densest area of preserved tallgrass prairie in the world full of rolling hills. And Washington state has some reeeeeally flat areas.

      Remember that states are huge, each full of flat and rigid areas

    8. DeepNarwhalNetwork on

      Feel like we could put a fractional dimension on this number (like the roughness of coastline is fractal). To what degree is the state in between 2D and 3D?

    9. pHScale on

      I thought Florida and Delaware were the top contenders for “flattest state”, depending on how you measure.

      And having driven the lengths of DE, FL ***and*** Kansas, I know Kansas is ***much*** hillier than either Delaware or Florida.

    10. liquiman77 on

      Great information – thanks for posting! This gives quantitative backing for what we all intuitively know – the west is by far the most interesting part of the country topographically. And I believe the west’s more interesting topography attracts more intrepid and interesting people too!

    11. liquiman77 on

      Great information – thanks for posting! This gives quantitative backing for what we all intuitively know – the west is by far the most interesting part of the country topographically. And I believe the west’s more interesting topography attracts more intrepid and interesting people too!

    12. schmizzler on

      As someone who was born in Kansas and now lives in Washington, this pleases me.

    15. rustyfinna on

      West Virginia does not suprise me in the least.

      I personally believe it is why economic development is so hard- there is no where flat to build things!

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