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Located in the northeastern United States, the New Hampshire-Vermont region is heavily forested and lightly populated. Both states are located within a few hours drive of New York City and Boston, which helps account for the region's popularity with the tourist set.
New Hampshire is ever-so-slightly larger than Vermont, the one covering about 9,350 square miles, with the other covering about 9,250 square miles. In terms of its geography, New Hampshire is bordered by Massachusetts in the south, Maine to the east, Canada to the north and Vermont to the west. Vermont, on the other hand, is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Canada to the north, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west.
Vermont's Green Mountains run north-south through almost the entire length of the state, slightly west of its center. The higher White Mountains of New Hampshire run east-west in the north-central portion of the state.
Generally speaking, the borders of Vermont and New Hampshire are arbitrarily drawn lines left over from the colonial era. The exceptions to this rule are the Connecticut River, which forms a natural border between Vermont and New York, belonging to New Hampshire, and Lake Champlain, belonging to Vermont, which forms the border between Vermont and New York State and the Canadian province of Quebec.
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