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I guess we'll never know how flat Alaska or Hawaii are, though I'd guess not very flat at all. I'm most surprised how many states are considered flatter by this
by antcas 8y ago
I guess we'll never know how flat Alaska or Hawaii are, though I'd guess not very flat at all. I'm most surprised how many states are considered flatter by this paper than Colorado!
- mindcrime 8y agoYeah, the methodology they used generated a few somewhat surprising results. I suspect there are other reasonable ways of defining "flatness" that would yield markedly a markedly different ranking for some states.
- eesmith 8y ago"Eastern Colorado is just as flat as Kansas, both being in the High Plains Physiographic Section" (quoting the paper) That's about 1/3 the state, so it brings down the average.