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How big is 208,163,000 feddans?

It's about one-and-one-fourth times as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 165,591,240 feddans.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 165,591,240 feddans in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about half as big as Alaska
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The size of Alaska is about 408,931,820 feddans.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 408,931,820 feddans in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 1,387,820 feddans.
It's about two times as big as California
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The size of California is about 100,925,120 feddans.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 100,925,120 feddans in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about two-and-a-half times as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 90,657,750 feddans.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 90,657,750 feddans in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 118,071.820 feddans.
It's about two-and-a-half times as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 82,800,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 82,800,000 feddans. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about three-and-a-half times as big as Michigan
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The size of Michigan is about 59,629,510 feddans.
(United States)
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 59,629,510 feddans in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.
It's about four times as big as Minnesota
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The size of Minnesota is about 53,601,420 feddans.
(United States)
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 53,601,420 feddans in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 367,665.20 feddans segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.
It's about four times as big as Kansas
The size of Kansas is about 50,727,100 feddans.
(United States)
The "Sunflower State," Kansas measures 50,727,100 feddans in total area. The point said to be the geographic center of the continental United States is located near Lebanon, Kansas.
It's about five times as big as Florida
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The size of Florida is about 40,540,440 feddans.
(United States)
The "Sunshine State," Florida measures 40,540,440 feddans in total area. Florida has 1,067 km (663 mi) of oceanfront beaches and 1,926.38 km (1,197 mi) of coastline total.
It's about six times as big as New York
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The size of New York is about 33,636,040 feddans.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 33,636,040 feddans in total area. Adirondack Park, a 5,879,786 feddans area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.
It's about one-tenth as big as Brazil
The size of Brazil is about 2,026,950,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. Brasil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, a.k.a. Rep&blica Federativa do Brasil)
Brazil measures 2,026,950,000 feddans in total area. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and eighth-largest economy (by GDP).
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 20,096,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 20,096,000 feddans. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as Lake Superior
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The size of Lake Superior is about 19,500,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 19,500,000 feddans. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about one-tenth as big as China
The size of China is about 2,284,538,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. People's Republic of China, a.k.a. 中华人民共和国, a.k.a.中華人民共和國 , a.k.a. Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghég) (UN mainland area figure)
Mainland China, as measured by the United Nations (excluding China's Special Administrative Regions — Hong Kong and Macau — and disputed territories such as Taiwan, Askai Chin, and the Trans-Karakoram Tract), occupies 2,284,538,000 feddans in total area . China is the the most populous country in the world and the third or fourth largest (depending on areas included in the measurement) in total area.
It's about one-tenth as big as United States
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The size of United States is about 2,339,221,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. United States of America, a.k.a. America, a.k.a. USA, a.k.a. US)
The third or fourth largest country in the world (there is some dispute in how China's total area is measured), the United States measures 2,339,221,000 feddans in total area. The United States is the third-most populous country in the world, home to over 300 million people.
 
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