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California, Oregon, and Washington are the U.S. contiguous states that border the Pacific Ocean.
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Contiguous is an adjective describing things that share a common border, are touching, or things together in a sequence. Example: The United States and Canada share a contiguous border.
Canada is the 2nd largest COUNTRY in the world, and does not belong to the United States in any way. It just happens to share a northern border with the contiguous states.
Canada touches the entire northern border of the 48 contiguous United States, and the whole eastern border of Alaska.
Hawaii and Alaska do not share a land border with the contiguous United States. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean, while Alaska is separated from the contiguous states by Canada.
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The enormous gulf to the south of the contiguous United States is the Gulf of Mexico. The US states that border the Gulf of Mexico, in order of size from largest to smallest, are Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, & Louisiana.
The distance from the northern border of the contiguous United States to the southern border is roughly 1,500 miles.
Greatest north-south distance in the 48 contiguous states: 1,650 miles