Nevada's Expansion
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Nevada is the fastest expanding state in the U.S. Due to tectonic plate movements, Nevada is estimated to be expanding at a rate of about two acres per year.
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How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
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How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:
How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
Because the borders are moving with the plates.
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@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:
How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
Because the borders are moving with the plates.
@Horace said in Nevada's Expansion:
@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:
How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
Because the borders are moving with the plates.
How are the borders defined? Are they based on a GPS location? Or maybe a natural feature (river, mountain, etc)?
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@Horace said in Nevada's Expansion:
@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:
How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
Because the borders are moving with the plates.
How are the borders defined? Are they based on a GPS location? Or maybe a natural feature (river, mountain, etc)?
@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:
@Horace said in Nevada's Expansion:
@taiwan_girl said in Nevada's Expansion:
How do they decide that it is Nevada that is expanding and not one of the states that is on the border of them?
Because the borders are moving with the plates.
How are the borders defined? Are they based on a GPS location? Or maybe a natural feature (river, mountain, etc)?
My answer applies regardless of how the borders are defined. In practice, I think borders can become contentious and they are defined on an as needed basis when there are disputes, by whatever larger governing authority exists. I live in a new development which I think was disputed by two or three different cities. It matters for who you pay your property taxes to.
