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Figure 1. This BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the PLSS. The following are the principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States, with the year established and a brief summary of what areas' land surveys are based on each.
Evansville, the third largest city in Indiana, is located in the southwestern corner of the state. It is located in a tri-state area that includes Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The southern cities of Clarksville, Jeffersonville, and New Albany are part of the Louisville metropolitan area and are in the area called Kentuckiana.
The Grand Canyon [a] is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).
The Grand Canyon Depot (1910) and Grand Canyon Railway (1905) were built by the AT&SF. The depot, designed by Francis W. Wilson , is an individually listed National Historical Landmark, [ 14 ] and the railway is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location: Coconino and Mohave counties, Arizona, United States: Nearest city: Fredonia, Arizona (North Rim) Tusayan, Arizona (South Rim): Coordinates: 2]: Area: 1,217,262 acres (4,926.08 km 2) [3]: Established: January 11, 1908 () as a national monument February 26, 1919 () as a national park: Visitors: 4,733,705 (in 2023) [4]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /grca ...
[1] [2] [3] Indiana is ranked 38th in land area [1] and is the smallest state in the contiguous U.S. west of the Appalachian Mountains. [4] Indiana's capital and largest city is Indianapolis , [ 5 ] the second largest of any state capital and largest state capital east of the Mississippi River.
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Indiana (/ ˌ ɪ n d i ˈ æ n ə / ⓘ IN-dee-AN-ə) [15] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.