Well, *anything* has a length depending on how you measure it. But most US
state boundaries have specific definitions that are actual places on the
ground, whether it's mean highwater, center of channel. top of the ridge,
etc. E.g., the Kentucky boundary along the Ohio River is the waterline on
the northern bank, so KY controls the river. The definition IIRC was fixed
in time so that it doesn't change as the Ohio rises or falls or carves new
segments of the channel.
Anyway, I am still curious if there is a place to ascertain the actual
length of the OK-TX boundary? I estikated it as somewhere around 800 miles,
while CA-NV was just over 600 miles. My estimates could be off by a great
margin, but I don't think they are off so much as to change the ranking.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian J. Butler [mailto:
bjbutler@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 12:12 PM
To:
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American State Boundaries
On Wednesday 16 April 2003 01:18 pm, you wrote:
A natural boundary, such as a river, has a length that depends on how
closely
you measure it.
BJB
> But CA-NV wouldn't be the longest border between two states, straight or
> not. The OK-TX border for a good distance is the meandering Red River.
> There's no basis to say that doesn't count as distance and that one should
> draw an imaginary "straight" line instead to cut the corners. The boundary
> is the boundary line itself.
>
> What is the length of the CA-NV boundary and the OK-TX boundary?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian J. Butler [mailto:bjbutler@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:39 AM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American State Boundaries
>
>
> On Wednesday 16 April 2003 11:19 am, you wrote:
> CANV is certainly the straight-line champ. If we "go fractal" maybe
> ID-MT, OK-TX, or even VA-WV would take the cake.
> BJB
>
> > nice question & nice answer
> >
> > how about canv for longest
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Brian J. Butler
> >
> > <bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 16 April 2003 09:50 am, you wrote:
> > > The shortest is easy - at AZ-CO-NM-UT there are two pairs of
> >
> > states that meet
> >
> > > at a point.
> > > BJB
> > >
> > > > Which state shares the longest border with another state?
> >
> > (The border
> >
> > > > does not have to be continuous.) Which state shares the
> >
> > shortest?
> >
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