Which country contains the world's longest coastline, stretching over 150,000 miles?
Canada
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Canada's coastline measures over 150,000 miles (243,000 km), making it the longest of any country in the world — more than the next three countries combined. Much of this length comes from its vast Arctic archipelago, which includes more than 36,000 islands.
This answer is checked against Government of Canada and Wikipedia — List of countries by length of coastline.
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- Australia - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Indonesia - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Canada - correct answer.
- Russia - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Canada is the one to remember. Canada's coastline measures over 150,000 miles (243,000 km), making it the longest of any country in the world — more than the next three countries combined. If you walked Canada's entire coastline at 20 miles per day without stopping, it would take you more than 20 years to complete the journey.
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Sources: Government of Canada, Wikipedia — List of countries by length of coastline