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Hawaii definitely has hills, forests, and deserts (not desserts, but I'm sure Hawaii has plenty of those). I'm not too sure about prairies though. Hawaii is extremely diverse considering how small the state is.
Are you kidding, you certainly see this in California during Fall. Any state that has nearly 300k square miles better have a diverse landscape, but mostly Texas is painfully flat and unattractive...
Texas doesn't have nearly that much land.
I wish.
268K square miles is quite a bit smaller than 300K.
Wouldn't Texas be possible the least geographically diverse state?
I mean, it's HUGE, and not really that diverse. Most of Texas looks pretty similar, or you can at least divide it into arid, prairie, and piney woods areas.
California is small compared to Texas and like 100 times more diverse scenery. Or look at North Carolina, New York, or New Mexico. Pound-for-pound, those areas are much more diverse.
New Mexico,,,NO...NC, GA and maybe SC are in the same boat...South GA is more tropical than the Carolina's, but the mountains of GA and NC are very comparable....
But 105,000 sq miles is a small difference, right?
Can we not knock of the silly carping. TX is the second biggest state. CA is third. They are big states. Even NV is 7th. Most could lose NJ without noticing.
TX is not particularly diverse. It is mostly flat open land. There are no mountains with tree lines.
The beach is on the Gulf. It is beach but not particularly noteworthy as such.
It is a number of good thngs...but diverse is not among them. Drive a hundred miles in TX and you are still in TX and it mostly looks about the same.
Hawaii definitely has hills, forests, and deserts (not desserts, but I'm sure Hawaii has plenty of those). I'm not too sure about prairies though. Hawaii is extremely diverse considering how small the state is.
The deserts of Hawaii are very small, like most of the other micro climates it has. Hills and mountains definitely, but the micro climates are not really that significant. What people in Hawaii see as a desert or swamp isn't really much at all compared to other places.
I can see California possibly beating it though. It's a pretty big state and has a ton of different environments.
Are you kidding, you certainly see this in California during Fall. Any state that has nearly 300k square miles better have a diverse landscape, but mostly Texas is painfully flat and unattractive...
Texas is not all flat and it's certainly not unattractive either IMO (and nothing wrong with flat places either, just as beautiful as mountains in their own way). There are places in Texas that do have mountains and hills, like in far west Texas and the Big Bend area both have mountains and lots of hills.
I agree with what you are saying about California however.
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What do you think I said, 300 million?? "k" equals one thousand.....
