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I thought it was going to look at which state had the biggest average drop in elevation from its border, which in hindsight is silly since the entire surface of the earth is pretty convex...


On the scale of most US states, the convexness of the surface of the Earth is fairly minimal.


A state with a mountain range would be fairly convex by comparison. An entirely flat state, like Kansas, would probably have the lowest relative center to edge ratio.




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