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> completely over the US and part of Canada. No. Australia is large, but it is slightly less than the area of the continental US.
by jessriedel 7y ago
> completely over the US and part of Canada.
No. Australia is large, but it is slightly less than the area of the continental US.
- lisper 7y agoArea of Australia = 2.97M sq mi Area of USA = 3.78M sq mi Area of Europe = 3.92M sq mi Area of Canada = 3.85M sq mi Ain't Google grand?
- Thorentis 7y agoYeah, the area of Australia is smaller. But in my OP I said "edge to edge" by which I meant (ambiguously, sorry) west to east edges. People don't realise driving from west coast to east coast US is the same distance as Australia.
- mynegation 7y agoAustralia is overlaid on a map of contiguous 48 states and DC, and that area is about 3.12M square miles. Yes, google is grand
- hydrox24 7y agoArea of mainland USA = 2.96M sq mi. Area of mainland Australia = 2.93M sq mi. I think this is the apples to apples comparison. Don't include Alaska or Tasmania, or Hawaii, which tend not to be what people are thinking of.
- ddeck 7y agoIn area terms that's true, but it does pretty much fit "over the US and part of Canada" as can be seen here: https://www.aboutaustralia.com/australia-size-compared-to-usa/ https://www.aboutaustralia.com/australia-size-compared-to-us...
- jessriedel 7y agoYou conveniently left out the word "completely" from the original statement.