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It's about one-thirty-thousandth as big as Lake Michigan
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The size of Lake Michigan is about 14,300,000 acres.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 14,300,000 acres. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as big as Lake Huron
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The size of Lake Huron is about 14,700,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Lac Huron) (surface area)
The second largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Huron has a total area of 14,700,000 acres. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about one-forty-thousandth as big as Lake Superior
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The size of Lake Superior is about 20,300,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 20,300,000 acres. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about one-forty-thousandth as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 20,861,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 20,861,000 acres. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about one-seventy-thousandth as big as New York
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The size of New York is about 34,915,840 acres.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 34,915,840 acres in total area. Adirondack Park, a 6,103,503 acres area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.
It's about one-eighty-five-thousandth as big as Florida
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The size of Florida is about 42,082,940 acres.
(United States)
The "Sunshine State," Florida measures 42,082,940 acres in total area. Florida has 1,067 km (663 mi) of oceanfront beaches and 1,926.38 km (1,197 mi) of coastline total.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as Kansas
The size of Kansas is about 52,657,200 acres.
(United States)
The "Sunflower State," Kansas measures 52,657,200 acres in total area. The point said to be the geographic center of the continental United States is located near Lebanon, Kansas.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as Minnesota
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The size of Minnesota is about 55,640,870 acres.
(United States)
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 55,640,870 acres in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 381,654.30 acres segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as big as Michigan
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The size of Michigan is about 61,898,320 acres.
(United States)
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 61,898,320 acres in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.
It's about 150,000 times as big as a Parking Space
The size of a Parking Space is about 0.00371 acres.
(a.k.a Parking Stall) (average; surface lot; North America)
An average-size parking space in a North American surface lot measures 0.00371 acres. Due to the high real estate prices at the time, parking spaces in a densely-populated part of Manhattan would sell for an average of $165,000 in 2007, with some spaces fetching up to $225,000.
It's about one-one-hundred-fifty-thousandth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 86,000,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 86,000,000 acres. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about one-two-hundred-thousandth as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 94,107,137 acres.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 94,107,137 acres in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 122,564.270 acres.
It's about one-two-hundred-thousandth as big as California
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The size of California is about 104,765,160 acres.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 104,765,160 acres in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about one-three-hundred-fifty-thousandth as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 171,891,720 acres.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 171,891,720 acres in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about 500,000 times as big as a King Size Bed
The size of a King Size Bed is about 0.000996 acres.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A King-Size mattress measures 0.000996 acres in total area. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 0.00124 acres for those in positions of wealth or power.
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