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It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Lake Michigan
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The size of Lake Michigan is about 2,660,000 city blocks.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 2,660,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Lake Huron
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The size of Lake Huron is about 2,750,000 city blocks.
(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 2,750,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as big as Lake Superior
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The size of Lake Superior is about 3,780,000 city blocks.
(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 3,780,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 3,888,900 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 3,888,900 city blocks. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about one-fifty-thousandth as big as New York
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The size of New York is about 6,509,093 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 6,509,093 city blocks in total area. Adirondack Park, a 1,137,829 city blocks area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.
It's about one-sixty-thousandth as big as Florida
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The size of Florida is about 7,845,200 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Sunshine State," Florida measures 7,845,200 city blocks 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 one-seventy-five-thousandth as big as Kansas
The size of Kansas is about 9,816,470 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Sunflower State," Kansas measures 9,816,470 city blocks in total area. The point said to be the geographic center of the continental United States is located near Lebanon, Kansas.
It's about one-eighty-thousandth as big as Minnesota
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The size of Minnesota is about 10,372,700 city blocks.
(United States)
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 10,372,700 city blocks in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 71,148.890 city blocks 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 one-eighty-five-thousandth as big as Michigan
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The size of Michigan is about 11,539,230 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 11,539,230 city blocks 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 one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 16,000,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 16,000,000 city blocks. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about one-one-hundred-fifty-thousandth as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 17,543,674 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 17,543,674 city blocks 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 22,848.7190 city blocks.
It's about one-one-hundred-fifty-thousandth as big as California
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The size of California is about 19,530,568 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 19,530,568 city blocks 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 200,000 times as big as a Parking Space
The size of a Parking Space is about 0.000691 city blocks.
(a.k.a Parking Stall) (average; surface lot; North America)
An average-size parking space in a North American surface lot measures 0.000691 city blocks. Due to the high real estate prices at the time, parking spaces in a densely-populated part of Manhattan would sell for an average of $165,000 in 2007, with some spaces fetching up to $225,000.
It's about one-two-hundred-fifty-thousandth as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 32,044,460 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 32,044,460 city blocks 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 one-six-hundred-thousandth as big as Alaska
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The size of Alaska is about 79,134,619 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 79,134,619 city blocks 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 268,564.580 city blocks.
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