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It's about 200 times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 3.410 chains.
(a.k.a. Boeing 747, a.k.a. Jumbo Jet, a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) (for Boeing 747-8 series)
The wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 is 3.410 chains. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 412,000 chains before refueling.
It's about one-two-hundredth as long as The Danube
The length of The Danube is about 142,000 chains.
(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 142,000 chains 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 250 times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 2.860 chains.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 2.860 chains tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about 250 times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Flag of Italy
The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 2.80 chains.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 2.80 chains tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about 250 times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 2.70 chains.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 2.70 chains in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
It's about 250 times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 2.5670 chains.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 2.5670 chains from the first step of the pedestal's base to the top of the statue's hat. While the London tower is the tallest, there are at least eight other monuments to Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Barbados.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Oregon Trail
Flag of The US
The length of The Oregon Trail is about 173,000 chains.
(from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon)
The historic Oregon Trail stretched 173,000 chains 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 250 times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
Flag of France
The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 2.40 chains.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 2.40 chains tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Volga
The length of The Volga is about 175,000 chains.
(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 175,000 chains 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 300 times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 2.330 chains.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 2.330 chains tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
It's about one-three-hundredth as long as The Mississippi River
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The length of The Mississippi River is about 187,200 chains.
(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)
The total length of the Mississippi River is 187,200 chains. 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.
It's about 300 times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
Flag of Ireland
The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 2.130 chains.
(a.k.a. Droichead na Leathphingine, a.k.a. Liffey Bridge, a.k.a. Droichead na Life, f.k.a. Wellington Bridge) (Quay of Bachelors Walk, Temple Bar Neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland)
The Ha'Penny Bridge, crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, measures 2.130 chains in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about one-three-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Distance from L.A. to New York
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The length of The Distance from L.A. to New York is about 223,000 chains.
(Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York) (via I-10 E, I-15 N, I-70 E, I-76 E, I-80 E, I-280 E)
The total length of the freeway route from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York via Interstate 80 is 223,000 chains long. This route intersects eleven states and several major cities, including Las Vegas, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; Lincoln, Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; South Bend, Indiana; and Cleveland, Ohio.
It's about one-three-hundred-fiftieth as long as I-80
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The length of I-80 is about 230,555 chains.
(a.k.a. Interstate 80, a.k.a. Keystone Shortway) (net length)
Interstate 80, crosses the continent of North America from Teaneck, New Jersey to San Francisco, California and covers a total length of 230,555 chains. A 2,982.580 chains stretch between mile marker 318 in Grand Island, Nebraska and mile marker 390 in Lincoln, Nebraska is the longest straight path in the US Interstate system.
It's about 500 times as long as Baseball base distances
The length of Baseball base distances is about 1.36360 chains.
(MLB Official Baseball Rules specification)
According to MLB Official Baseball Rules, the distance between baseball diamond bases is 1.36360 chains. While second and home base are located upon the corners of the 27.432 sq. m area created by the bases, first and third base are placed within that square, to better allow the umpires to judge whether a ball is fair or foul.
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