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Old 07-02-2012, 10:08 PM
 
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The Mississippi River has changed course (or had new channels built) in many places since it first became a dividing line between states. As a result, some pieces of land belonging to one state are separated from the rest of it by the river's "new" channel. God bless.

CKB
The Missouri River has done the same thing. Check out the town of Carter Lake, IA.
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Old 07-02-2012, 11:51 PM
 
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Despite being on the same latitude as France, Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.
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Old 07-03-2012, 12:03 AM
 
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Miles from Portland,Maine to Casablanca,Morocco = 3,372.
Miles from Miami,FL to Casablanca,Morocco = 4,304
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Old 07-03-2012, 06:30 AM
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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The state of Georgia has no natural lakes.
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Old 07-03-2012, 06:33 AM
 
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The state of Georgia has no natural lakes.
Every lake was formed as a result of dams on some rivers.
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Old 07-03-2012, 06:34 AM
 
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Texas is bordered by as many Mexican states as American states(4 states in Mexico and 4 American states).
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Old 07-03-2012, 07:12 AM
 
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Albuquerque,NM is closer to the border with Colorado than it is to the US-Mexico border.
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Old 07-03-2012, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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The state of Georgia has no natural lakes.

I think Georgia is playing definition games, and just calls them all swamps or ponds or something. This is in Georgia, it's called "Ocean Pond".
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=okefe...,20.07,,0,3.88
There are a dozen more just like it within a few miles of a town that is paradoxically called Lake Park, Georgia, whose Chamber of Commerce claims more than 20 lakes nearby.
http://www.lakeparkga.com/

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Old 07-03-2012, 08:35 AM
 
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Texas has only one, and even then, it requires a creative definition of "lake".

I think Georgia is playing definition games, and just calls them all swamps. When I lived in Florida about ten miles from the Georgia line, there were natural lakes all over the place. Okefenokee sure looks like a lake to me. This is in Georgia, it's called "Ocean Pond".
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=okefe...,20.07,,0,3.88
There are a dozen more just like it within a few miles of a town that is paradoxically called Lake Park, Georgia.
Ocean Pond, huh? What'd they do, have a contest on how to best describe a body of water without calling it a lake?
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Old 07-03-2012, 09:54 AM
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Ocean Pond, huh? What'd they do, have a contest on how to best describe a body of water without calling it a lake?
Ocean Pond (and surrounding ponds) are not lakes by definition. Lakes have an aquifer and an outflow point. Ponds are simply a low area that retains water. Without rainfall or water supplement from an artesian well, a pond in this state would probably dry up.
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