The distance from Jacksonville, Florida to Los Angeles, California is about 3888 km. The earth's circumference is about 40 000 km (source), so the US spans about 10% of that, roughly :)

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[–] [S] -3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

well yeah chile is long but significantly longer than broad. for the US, the length/width ratio is more like 2:1 so it's less extreme.

and also yeah, australia is big, but mostly all desert (i guess 90%) while the US is only 50% desert.

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