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Contiguous United States
The contiguous 48.
48 states are contiguous. Two states, Alaska and Hawaii are non-contiguous.
You answered your own question. There are the Continental United States , or contiguous states, and the non-contiguous States . Although Alaska is continental , it touches no other state.
The 48 American states whose borders are shared with one or more states are contiguous. The remaining two states, Hawaii and Alaska, do not have borders that touch any other American state. They are, therefore, not contiguous states.
Yes. The US has 48 contiguous states (states next to each other) and two that are not contiguous, Hawaii and Alaska.
48 states touch at least one other state ... they are called the 48 contiguous states. Only Alaska and Hawaii stand alone.
48 states are part of the contiguous United States. Alaska and Hawaii do not touch any other U.S. state.
Contiguous states are those that share a common border without any gaps or interruptions. In the United States, all states except Alaska and Hawaii are considered contiguous, as they are connected to each other. For example, states like California, Nevada, and Oregon touch each other, while states in the Midwest, such as Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, also share borders. Overall, the contiguous U.S. consists of 48 states that form a continuous landmass.
The word contiguous means touching or connected. The contiguous US refers to the largest connected piece of American land. This happens to be the land situated between Mexico and Canada, which is also referred to as the Lower 48 because it contains forty-eight states. Therefore, the 48 states that are joined together are considered the contiguous United States, leaving Hawaii and Alaska as stand-alone states.The contiguous US is sometimes mistaken with the continental US. The continental US refers to the area of the US that is located on the continent of North America. This is just the contiguous US in addition to Alaska. Yet, Hawaii is not a part of the continental US either.It means it does not physically touch other states. Hawaii has an ocean between itself and other states. Alaska has another country- Canada- between it and another state.
if a state is out of the contiguous United States, it means that the state is not connected to the united states and obviously the other countries are like that too if some cities aren't connected to them