The #coastlineparadox - basically coasts can't be measured. share.google/MQFNI4djQgQa... 'The CIA World Factbook lists the UK's coastline as 7,723 miles (12,429km), while The World Resources Institute measures it at 12,251 miles (19,716km) – a discrepancy of more than 4,500 miles.' #coast
The Coastline Paradox: Where Infinity Meets Geography
The Coastline Paradox: Where Infinity Meets Geography
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The Coastline Paradox says the length of a coastline changes with how closely you measure it. If you use a big ruler and draw long, straight lines, you skip over all the craggy bits. But as you use a smaller and smaller ruler, you catch more detail, and end up measuring around individual rocks and boulders, until the measured coastline approaches infinity itself-- while the surface area remains broadly the same.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #457: The Coastline Paradox.
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