Coastline and shoreline of the United States by State

Table 359. U.S.?Canada and U.S.?Mexico Border Lengths

[In statue miles. Each statue mile equals one mile. For 2008, there were over 57 million personal vehicle passengers entering the United States from Canada, and almost 158 million personal vehicle passengers entering the United States from Mexico]

State

United States?Canada total . . . . . . . . . . Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Length of international

border

State

5,525 Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,538 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 547 United States?Mexico total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

58 California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Length of international

border

146 42 90

427

1,933 373 140 180

1,241

Source: U.S.?Canada lengths: International Boundary Commission, 2003; U.S. Mexico lengths: U.S. Geological Survey; and The National Atlas of the United States, 1976, Borders, .

Table 360. Coastline and Shoreline of the United States by State

[In statue miles. Each statue mile equals one mile. The term coastline is used to describe the general outline of the seacoast. For the table below, United States coastline measurements were made from small-scale maps, and the coastline was generalized. The coastlines of large sounds and bays were included. Measurements were made in 1948. Shoreline is the term used to describe a more detailed measure of the seacoast. The tidal shoreline figures in the table below were obtained in 1939? 1940 from the largest-scale charts and maps then available. Shoreline of the outer coast, offshore islands, sounds, and bays was included, as well as the tidal portion of rivers and creeks. Only states with coastline or shoreline are included in the following table]

State

United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General

coastline

12,383 53

6,640 840 ? 28

1,350 100 750 397 228 31 192

Tidal

shoreline

88,633 607

33,904 3,427 618 381 8,426 2,344 1,052 7,721 3,478 3,190 1,519

State

Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General

coastline

44 13 130 127 301 296

? 40 187 367 112 157

Tidal

shoreline

359 131 1,792 1,850 3,375 1,410

89 384 2,876 3,359 3,315 3,026

? Represents zero. Source: National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, 1975 and The National Atlas of the United States, Coastline and Shoreline, .

Table 361. Flows of Largest U.S. Rivers--Length, Discharge, and Drainage Area

River

Location of mouth

Source stream (name and location)

Missouri . . . . . . Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Rock Creek, MT . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi . . . . Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi River, MN . . . . . . . . . . Yukon. . . . . . . . . Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNeil River, Canada . . . . . . . . . . St. Lawrence. . . Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . North River, MN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rio Grande . . . . Mexico-Texas. . . . . . . . . Rio Grande, CO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas. . . . . . Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . East Fork Arkansas River, CO . . . Colorado . . . . . . Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado River, CO. . . . . . . . . . . . Atchafalaya 6. . . Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . Tierra Blanca Creek, NM . . . . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . Illinois-Kentucky . . . . . . Allegheny River, PA . . . . . . . . . . . Red 6 . . . . . . . . . Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . Tierra Blanca Creek, NM . . . . . . . Brazos. . . . . . . . Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blackwater Draw, NM . . . . . . . . . . Columbia . . . . . Oregon-Washington . . . Columbia River, Canada . . . . . . . . Snake . . . . . . . . Washington . . . . . . . . . . Snake River, WY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Platte. . . . . . . . . Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . Grizzly Creek, CO. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pecos. . . . . . . . . Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pecos River, NM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canadian. . . . . . Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . Canadian River, CO. . . . . . . . . . . . Tennessee . . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . Courthouse Creek, NC . . . . . . . . .

Length

(miles) 1

3 2,540 2,340 1,980 1,900 1,900 1,460 1,450 1,420 1,310 1,290 1,280 1,240 1,040 990 926 906 886

Average

discharge

at mouth

(1,000

cubic feet

per second)

76.2 4 593

225 348

(7) 41 (7) 58 281 56 (7) 265 56.9 (7) (7) (7) 68

Drainage

area

(1,000 sq.

miles)

2 529 2, 5 1,150

2 328 2 396

336 161 246 95.1 203 93.2 45.6 2 258 108 84.9 44.3 46.9 40.9

1 From source to mouth. 2 Drainage area includes both the United States and Canada. 3 The length from the source of the Missouri River to the Mississippi River and thence to the Gulf of Mexico is about 3,710 miles. 4 Includes about 167,000 cubic feet per second diverted from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River but excludes the flow of the Red River. 5 Excludes the drainage areas of the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers. 6 In east-central Louisiana, the Red River flows into the Atchafalaya River, a distributary of the Mississippi River. Data on average discharge, length, and drainage area include the Red River, but exclude all water diverted into the Atchafalaya from the Mississippi River. 7 Less than 15,000 cubic feet per second.

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Largest Rivers in the United States, September 2005, .

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011

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