Is Michagan bigger than Kansas?

Question

I asked this on Answers.com. but they did not show me. That means that it was not answered.

Adjusted to proper category. =) - DJ_Huero, Feb 18, 2011

Answer 1

Hi Marvinmao, to help you in the future...

Not all homework can be done with ask.com. You might need to actually search the internet a bit more. In this case that would mean going to the websites for both states and looking at their data.

This particular website (spanishdict.com) is for learning Spanish and English.

Good luck in the future.

Answer 2

Check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area

Michigan has 96,716.11 total square miles (including it's portion of lakes) and 56,803.82 land square miles.

Kansas has 82,276.84 total square miles and 81,814.88 land square miles.

Therefore, Michigan is larger than Kansas if you include areas which are covered by lakes. But Kansas is larger than Michigan if you are only concerned with land territory.

Obviously, the fact that Michigan is nearly surrounded by 3 Great Lakes (Michigan, Huron and Superior) give's Michigan a tremendous amount of water territory

you are a great researcher! - NancyGrace, Feb 18, 2011

Answer 3

bigger? in population? in square miles?

Michigan pop. and land acreage 56,803.8 sq. mi. 147,121.2 sq. km.

Kansas 81,815 sq mi. (211,901 sq km)

So according to these sites, Kansas is bigger than Michigan.

Or Michoacán perhaps? I'm all for geography and such, but did this fellow get sidetracked? ;o) - cristalino, Feb 18, 2011

Answer 4

Whoops...It was Kansas...

Answer 5

What do you mean? I meant in square miles.

Answer 6

Yes,Michigan is bigger than Kansas.

Not according to what I read. - 0074b507, Feb 18, 2011

Answer 7

Kansas is also flatter than a pancake.

Flatter than a pancake, hmmm, like a tortilla (North American) maybe? Or even a crêpe? - cristalino, Feb 18, 2011

To mince words, you can't get flatter than a tortilla, but you can get flatter than a pancake! - NancyGrace, Feb 18, 2011

Believe it or not about 10 years ago someone did a study measuring the variations in topography of a pancake/flapjack and compared it with Kansas. Kansas was flatter. - Leatha, Feb 18, 2011

If you were Chris Columbus,and you were born in kansas, you would not have argued about the world being flat. - pacofinkler, Feb 20, 2011

Answer 8

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas#Topography

The western two-thirds of the state, lying in the great central plain of the United States, has a generally flat or undulating surface, while the eastern third has many hills and forests. The land gradually rises from east to west; its altitude ranges from 684 ft (208 m) along the Verdigris River at Coffeyville in Montgomery County, to 4,039 ft (1,231 m) at Mount Sunflower, one half mile from the Colorado border, in Wallace County. It is a popular belief that Kansas is the flattest state in the nation, reinforced by a well-known 2003 study[12] stating that Kansas was indeed "flatter than a pancake".[13] This has since been debunked, with most scientists ranking Kansas somewhere between 20th and 30th flattest state, depending on measurement method. Its average elevation is 2,000 feet, higher than 36 states.[14]

Answer 9

Kansas is bigger than Michigan in terms of land territory