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It's about one-two-hundredth as tall as Olympus Mons
The height of Olympus Mons is about 120,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Mount Olympus) (Mars)
The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons rises to approximately 120,000 spans. The mountain has been known to astronomers since the nineteenth century because it is tall enough to rise above Mars' frequent dust storms.
It's about 350 times as tall as a Bowling Pin
The height of a Bowling Pin is about 1.670 spans.
(USBC specifications; tenpin)
According to the United States Bowling Congress specifications, a tenpin bowling pin should be within 0.00347 spans of 1.670 spans in height. The USBC further mandates that certified pins be made of sugar maple wood, unless otherwise approved by the organization.
It's about one-six-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Panama Canal
Flag of Pamana
The length of The Panama Canal is about 380,000 spans.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 380,000 spans in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 110 spans above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
It's about one-eight-hundredth as wide as The English Channel
The width of The English Channel is about 468,000 spans.
(average width between Isle of Ushant and The Walde Lighthouse) (La Manche, Ärmelkanal, Mor Breizh, Mor Bretannek) (a.k.a. The Channel)
The English Channel measures between 468,000 spans, narrowing as it flows northeast. The world speed record for a Channel crossing by swimmer was set by Australian Trent Grimsey in 2012, with a time of 6 hours, 55 minutes.
It's about one-nine-hundredth as long as The 405
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The length of The 405 is about 509,800 spans.
(a.k.a. I-405, Interstate 405, San DIego Freeway) (Southern California)
Running from Irvine to San Fernando, The 405 runs a total of 509,800 spans. The 405 is the most heavily-trafficed freeway in the United States, with an average speed as low as 8 kph during rush hours.
It's about one-nine-hundredth as long as Hadrian's Wall
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The length of Hadrian's Wall is about 520,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Roman Wall, a.k.a. The Wall, a.k.a. Vallo di Adriano, a.k.a. Vallum Aelium, a.k.a. Severus' Wall) (from North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom to Cumbria, North West England, United Kingdom)
Hadrian's Wall, which crossed England form the North Sea to the Irish Sea during the time of Roman rule, measures 520,000 spans (about 79 Roman miles). Roman soldiers — at one time up to 10,000 of them — only occupied Great Britain for about 246 years after the wall was built, after which time the local Brits began to take residence the wall's garrisons.
It's about 2,500 times as tall as a Golf Tee
The height of a Golf Tee is about 0.240 spans.
The most common golf tee size and the length preferred for iron and most wood clubs is 0.240 spans tall. The tee did not come into common use until it was promoted by professional golfers Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, as part of a marketing effort by the patent-holder of the well-known, "Reddy Tee."
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Grand Canyon
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The length of The Grand Canyon is about 1,950,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Gran Cañón) (Arizona) (Colorado River miles measure)
The Grand Canyon has a total length of 1,950,000 spans along the course of the Colorado River at its bottom. Having opened in early 2007, the Grand Canyon Skywalk allows tourists to stand on a horseshoe-shaped glass walkway 4,810 spans above the floor of Granite Gorge.
It's about 9,500 times as long as an Aspirin
The length of an Aspirin is about 0.061 spans.
(for up & up aspirin, 325mg, regular strength tablets) (a.k.a. acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. ASA)
A single aspirin tablet measures 0.061 spans in diameter. One of the most common medicines in the world and a foundation of worldwide health systems, an estimated 40,000 metric tons of aspirin are consumed each year.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as long as The Rhine
The length of The Rhine is about 5,770,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Rhein, a.k.a. Rijn, a.k.a. Rhin, a.k.a. Rain, a.k.a. Reno, a.k.a. Rhenus, a.k.a. Ryn) (from near Reichenau, Switzerland through Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The Rhine river runs 5,770,000 spans in total length. The World War II Battle of Arnhem, as memorialized in the 1974 book and 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far, was the first of several attempts to capture key bridges across the Rhine, beginning with the Arnhem Bridge in the Netherlands.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as long as The Colorado River
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The length of The Colorado River is about 10,200,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Aha Kwahwat, a.k.a. Grand River, a.k.a. Tizon River, a.k.a. Tecon River, a.k.a. Tison River) (from Grand Lake, Colorado through the Gulf of California)
The Colorado River runs 10,200,000 spans in length. Along this length, the river descends from its source, approximately 12,000 spans above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, to its mouth in the Gulf of California.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as long as The Danube
The length of The Danube is about 12,500,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Donau, a.k.a. Dunaj, a.k.a. Dunav, a.k.a. Duna, a.k.a. Дунав (Dunav), a.k.a. Dunărea, a.k.a. Дунáй (Dunay), a.k.a. Tuna) (from Breg Martinskapelle, Black Forest, Germany through the Danube Delta, Romania)
The Danube river runs 12,500,000 spans in total length. Intersecting Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; and Belgrade, Serbia, the Danube touches more capital cities than any other river.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as long as The Oregon Trail
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The length of The Oregon Trail is about 15,300,000 spans.
(from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon)
The historic Oregon Trail stretched 15,300,000 spans across five (sometimes six) states in the western United States. In the early years of the Trail's existence, the trip was estimated to have taken an average of 160 days.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as long as The Volga
The length of The Volga is about 15,400,000 spans.
(a.k.a. Волга, a.k.a. İdel (Идел), a.k.a. Атăл (Atăl), a.k.a. Edil, a.k.a. İdil, a.k.a. Рав (Rav)) (from the Valdai Hills, Tver Oblast, Russia through the Caspian Sea)
The largest river in Europe, the Volga river runs 15,400,000 spans in total length. World War II's Battle of Stalingrad between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which resulted in nearly two million casualties, was fought in part for control of the river.
It's about one-thirty-thousandth as long as The Mississippi River
Flag of The US
The length of The Mississippi River is about 16,470,000 spans.
(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)
The total length of the Mississippi River is 16,470,000 spans. Prior to the development of soil erosion programs, the Mississippi River would carry approximately 400 million metric tons of sediment from its banks to the Gulf of Mexico every year.
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