which US coastline is longest -atlantic or pacific?
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Pacific, by a wide margain.\n\nPacific Ocean Coastline: 7,623 miles\nAtlantic Ocean Coastline: 2,069 miles
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Coz the water comes from the Pacific and goes into the Atlantic
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it passes through the pacific, atlantic, and indian oceans. really the only ocean it doesnt pass through is the arctic ocean.
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The pacific ocean is approximately 64 million square miles
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I think what you are asking is which states do not border a lake or an ocean - I sure am glad you didn't include rivers.\n\nExclude all the states on the Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, and Gulf of Mexico. Also exclude the states that border the Great Lakes. And of course exclude Hawaii.\n\nWith these directions and a decent map, you are in business.
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Oregon, Mount Hood, fabulous skiing, and the Oregon Coast, which has great waves, only around an hour and a half away.  If you don't want that much time to get to the beach, the california answer is better.
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Sea level is used because people need an absolute reference point.\n\nActual sea level changes on an hourly basis, because of the tides. Sea level is also different in different parts of the world. One place this is important is the Panama Canal. Sea level on the Pacific is not the same as on the Atlantic.\n\nAccepted sea level is the average of the area, or continent, based on tides of the various bodies of water surrounding the area.
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Probably Alaska.  The temp in the Northern regions is pretty cold.\n\nNo, seriously, I like the Central Coast of California.  The weather's nice, there's great beaches that aren't crowded like Jersey or LA beaches, and you can still buy an ocean view house for under a million (can't do that may other places anymore).\n\nAnd it's hot today!  80 degrees, in February!  This is absurd...
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I believe the Pacific is 100% ocean water.
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In the northern hemisphere, the overall ocean current is clockwise.  That means, on the West Coast of the USA, the water is moving down from the Arctic (brrr!), while on the East Coast, it is moving up from the equator (ahhhh!).  But that's just the coastal United States.
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The main reason why the Atlantic coast is more stormy than the Pacific coast (as in Hurricanes, Nor'Easters, etc.) is the fact that a warm water current called the gulf stream happens to flow from south to north up the Atlantic Coast.  This provide much more energy for storms to use as they approach land.  Also, the prevailing winds in the tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere happen to be from east to west, thus pushing tropical moisture toward much of the Gulf coast region and pushing stroms, like Hurricanes, from the Mid-Atlantic toward the East Coast.
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Do you consider Alaska continental US? If so I would guess Alaska.  Otherwise maybe California?  Or what about Washington or Oregon?\n\nJust guesses, helped with ideas from hubby.
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the answers given are correct, minor exception that the line crosses the aleutian island chain thus making Alaska the most East and Western state of the US. \n\nFun note...flying in a plane across the Pacific, the pilot will usually announce when they are crossing the Date Line.  Take note on how many people look out the window to see it.
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I'd choose the west coast of Florida - Venice, Fort Myers Beach, St. Petersburg.  I especially liked the Fort Myers Beach area and there are lots of choices there.
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maine and hawaii. :P~
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The upshot of it is:  Because if you travel along the Eastern Seaboard you will have to pass through [the coasts of] many states that together make up the Eastern Seaboard (like the many panels that makeup a wooden floor, for instance).  In other words, the Eastern Seaboard is a composite coast (though obviously in political and not geological sense) made up of the combined coastlines of many states.  ...Whereas the "West Coast" essentially refers to the Coast of California.   ...Oregon and Washington State coastal area is referred to as the Pacific Northwest (Coast).
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Typhoons occur in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean; Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic Ocean.