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The measure of the length of a coastline depends on the level of detail at which the measuring is done.
For example: if you measure the coastline of a roughly circular island, at a low level of detail, where little ins and outs along the coastline are ignored, the length will be shorter than if you measure every in and out at a fine level of detail, because each of these little ins and outs adds to the length. The closer or finer you measure, the longer the measurement. This is called the "coastline paradox".
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The coastline paradox refers to the observation that the measured length of a coastline is dependent on the scale at which it is measured. As the measuring scale decreases, such as using a smaller ruler, the coastline length increases due to the increased level of detail captured. This concept highlights the fractal nature of Coastlines and the limitations of traditional measurements of length.
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What region has the longest coastline?
Canada has the longest coastline in the world, with a coastline stretching over 202,080 kilometers (125,570 miles).
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Cuba is much larger than Jamaica and will therefore have a longer coastline. Cuba has a coastline of 3735 km and Jamaica has a coastline of 1022 km.
When was The Coastline created?
The Coastline was created in 1983.
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How many coastlines do New Zealand have?
The length of any coastline depends on the detail at which it is measured. (See Related Questions: The Coastline Paradox.) New Zealand's coastline is given as 15134km / 9404 miles (CIA World Data Book) and also as 17 209km / 10 693 miles (Earth Trends Country Profiles). As these sources do not state their level of detail, they cannot usefully be compared with other figures.
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What part of speech is paradox?
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What is the Tagalog of paradox?
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How can you use paradox in a sentence?
Whole universe is nothing but a big paradox. Life is a paradox sherlock, Deal with it.
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When was Welcome to Paradox created?
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