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It's about 0.00000002 times as big as Lake Huron
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The size of Lake Huron is about 642,000,000,000 square feet.
(a.k.a. Lac Huron) (surface area)
The second largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Huron has a total area of 642,000,000,000 square feet. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about 0.00000002 times as big as Lake Superior
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The size of Lake Superior is about 884,000,000,000 square feet.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 884,000,000,000 square feet. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about 0.00000002 times as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 908,700,000,000 square feet.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 908,700,000,000 square feet. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about 0.000000009 times as big as New York
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The size of New York is about 1,520,934,000,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 1,520,934,000,000 square feet in total area. Adirondack Park, a 265,868,600,000 square feet area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.
It's about 0.000000007 times as big as Florida
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The size of Florida is about 1,833,133,000,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Sunshine State," Florida measures 1,833,133,000,000 square feet in total area. Florida has 1,067 km (663 mi) of oceanfront beaches and 1,926.38 km (1,197 mi) of coastline total.
It's about 0.000000006 times as big as Kansas
The size of Kansas is about 2,293,750,000,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Sunflower State," Kansas measures 2,293,750,000,000 square feet in total area. The point said to be the geographic center of the continental United States is located near Lebanon, Kansas.
It's about 0.000000005 times as big as Minnesota
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The size of Minnesota is about 2,423,716,000,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 2,423,716,000,000 square feet in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 16,624,860,000 square feet segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.
It's about 0.000000005 times as big as Michigan
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The size of Michigan is about 2,696,291,000,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 2,696,291,000,000 square feet in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.
It's about 0.000000004 times as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 3,750,000,000,000 square feet.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 3,750,000,000,000 square feet. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about 0.000000003 times as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 4,099,306,900,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 4,099,306,900,000 square feet in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 5,338,899,600 square feet.
It's about 0.000000003 times as big as California
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The size of California is about 4,563,570,600,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 4,563,570,600,000 square feet in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about 0.000000002 times as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 7,487,603,500,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 7,487,603,500,000 square feet in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about 0.0000000007 times as big as Alaska
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The size of Alaska is about 18,490,830,000,000 square feet.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 18,490,830,000,000 square feet in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 62,753,598,000 square feet.
It's about 1,500,000,000 times as big as a Ballpoint Pen Tip
The size of a Ballpoint Pen Tip is about 0.00000750 square feet.
(a.k.a. Biro, a.k.a. ball pen, a.k.a. dot pen) (for medium tip)
The most common size of ballpoint pen — a medium-tip — measures 0.00000750 square feet. A typical ballpoint pen can write more than 8,500 m (28,000 ft) before running out of ink.
It's about 0.0000000002 times as big as Brazil
The size of Brazil is about 91,653,370,000,000 square feet.
(a.k.a. Brasil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, a.k.a. Rep&blica Federativa do Brasil)
Brazil measures 91,653,370,000,000 square feet in total area. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and eighth-largest economy (by GDP).
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