The shoreline between mean low and mean high tide. (Mean low is usually a fixed mark but mean high can change!)
While it has a lot we must respect Alaska's claim to that title because it has:6,640 miles of shoreline when measured from point to point.33,904 miles of shoreline if you include the numerous islands. And47,300 miles of estimated tidal shoreline if you measure islands, inlets and the shoreline to the head of tidal waters in its many rivers. Alaska is big. Consider for example that it has a common border with Canada that covers a distance of 1,538 miles and with an area of 586,412 square miles it is 47.25 times the size of Maryland. That's right, you can fit 47 Marylands into Alaska and still have some wiggle room.
Including tidal areas, Florida has nearly 9 thousand miles of coastline. Florida is a peninsula and is surrounded by water.
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It moves very fast in deep water, hundreds of miles per hour. It slows in shallow water and the volume begins to pile up, forming large, higher waves at the shoreline.
Waves play a major role in building up and breaking down the shoreline. As waves break against a shoreline, rock is broken into sand.
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In the sea or near the shoreline for some wave energy devices.
With its numerous islands, Alaska has nearly 34,000 miles of tidal shoreline.
There is 5, 580 miles of the Pacific shoreline in Alaska. The total amount of tidal coastline is 31, 383.
it is Maine due to it's many coves
The tidal range is the vertical difference between the high tide and the succeeding low tide.
Coastline:* 397 miles (6) Tidal shoreline:* 7,721 miles (6) * Coastline refers to the general outline of a state's sea coast; tidal shoreline refers to the coastline, as well as offshore islands, sounds, bays, rivers, and creeks measured to the head of tidewaters or to a point where tidal waters narrow to a width of 100 feet.
While it has a lot we must respect Alaska's claim to that title because it has:6,640 miles of shoreline when measured from point to point.33,904 miles of shoreline if you include the numerous islands. And47,300 miles of estimated tidal shoreline if you measure islands, inlets and the shoreline to the head of tidal waters in its many rivers. Alaska is big. Consider for example that it has a common border with Canada that covers a distance of 1,538 miles and with an area of 586,412 square miles it is 47.25 times the size of Maryland. That's right, you can fit 47 Marylands into Alaska and still have some wiggle room.
Florida has 1,350 miles of general coastline and 8,426 miles of tidal shoreline. Texas has 367 miles of general coastline and 3,359 miles of tidal shoreline. California has 840 miles of general coastline and 3,427 miles of tidal shoreline. The numbers will differ based on how the measurements were taken. The above answers are based on the following definitions. General coastline is defined as the general outline of seacoast. Measurements made with unit measure of 30 minutes of latitude on charts as near scale of 1:1,200,000 as possible. Coastline of bays and sounds is included to point where they narrow to width of unit measure, and distance across at such point is included. Tidal shoreline figures were obtained in 1939-1940 with recording instrument on largest-scale maps and charts then available. Shoreline of outer coast, offshore islands, sounds, bays, rivers, and creeks is included to head of tidewater, or to point where tidal waters narrow to width of 100 feet. Incidentally, Alaska has more than these three states combined with 6,640 miles of general coastline and 33,904 miles of tidal shoreline. The source of this information is the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service.
Including tidal areas, Florida has nearly 9 thousand miles of coastline. Florida is a peninsula and is surrounded by water.