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At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km 2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km 2) – is still forest. The state lies roughly between 41° and 49 ...
Including extensive parts of the Great Lakes, the Upper Peninsula contains about 36,139 square miles (93,600 km 2) of total area. Of that, about 16,378 square miles (42,420 km 2) is its land area, [1] about 29% of the state. [citation needed] It is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by St. Marys River, on the south by the ...
The largest municipality by land area is the town of Allagash, at 128 square miles (332 km 2). The smallest municipality by land area is Monhegan Island, at 0.86 square miles (2.2 km 2). The smallest municipality by area that is not an island is Randolph, at 2.23 square miles (6 km 2).
New England English, New England French. New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.
The lake's watershed is more than 50 miles (80 km) long and covers parts of 24 Maine towns. [10] The direct watershed is about 171 square miles (443 km 2) of land plus the 45 square miles (117 km 2) of the lake, and the indirect watershed about 190 square miles (490 km 2) of land plus about 28 square miles (73 km 2) of other bodies of water. As ...
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
Counties of Maine. This is a list of the 16 counties in the U.S. state of Maine. Before statehood, Maine was officially part of the state of Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine. Maine was granted statehood on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise. Nine of the 16 counties had their borders defined while Maine was ...
The qualifications for this list of Maine lakes is that the lake is located partially or entirely in Maine, named, and has a surface area of more than 10 acres (40,000 m 2). This makes it legally a great pond unless it is dammed, smaller than 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ) prior to damming, smaller than 30 acres (120,000 m 2 ) afterwards, and entirely ...