Canada is the country that divides Alaska from the 48 lower US states.
"The Lower 48" is a term often used to refer to the contiguous 48 states of the USA - excluding Alaska and Hawaii. The "lower" part is in reference to the fact that Alaska is much further north.
The "Lower 48".
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Canada.
When Alaska became the 49th state, the other 48 states were all south of it on the map. Hence they were the lower 48.
Alaska is separated from the lower 48 states by Canada.
Alaska is not connected to the lower 48 by train.
The lower 48 refers to continental United States. That is, all of the state except for Hawaii and Alaska.
Michigan! The Great Lakes State!
Well Alaska is part of the CONTINENTAL USA but not one of the contiguous lower 48 - so I say it is Juneau Alaska. Of the lower 48 it is Augusat Maine
No, in fact many places in the 'Lower 48' get more snow than Alaska.