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The elevation range of the area. [e] All topographic elevations are adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). All geographic coordinates are adjusted to the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84). The mean elevation for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are accurate to the nearest 100 feet (30 m).
Physiographic regions in Alabama Political Regions of Alabama. The geography of Alabama describes a state in the Southeastern United States in North America. It extends from high mountains to low valleys and sandy beaches. Alabama is 30th in size and borders four U.S. states: Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. It also borders the ...
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
Alabama's land consists of 22 million acres (89,000 km 2) of forest or 67% of the state's total land area. [89] Suburban Baldwin County, along the Gulf Coast, is the largest county in the state in both land area and water area. [90] The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies.
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
See Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area. Illinois: Indiana: Michigan: Lake Michigan: Known as either the Indiana Dunes or the Michigan Dunes Area Illinois: Iowa: Wisconsin: Mississippi River: Dubuque, Iowa metro area. Illinois: Kentucky: Missouri
The summit of the mountain gives an impression of being at a much higher elevation than it actually is, in part because of the relatively low elevation of the adjacent area to the west. For example, the summit of Cheaha Mountain (elevation 2,413 feet or 735 meters) measures roughly 1,725.72 feet (526 meters) above the city of Oxford (elevation ...
Ocooch Mountains, highest and most rugged part of the Driftless Area of the upper Midwest. Penokee Mountains, an ancient heavily eroded mountain range spanning northern Wisconsin and Michigan; Rib Mountain; Timms Hill, highest summit of the State of Wisconsin