Length of the Great Wall of China

Length of the Great Wall of China (8,850 km)

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If Length of the Great Wall of China (8,850 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Circumference of the Sun (4.37 million km)...more would be 500 x Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Circumference of Jupiter (439,000 km)...more would be 50 x Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of the USA / Canada border (8,890 km)...more would be about as big as Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of the West-East gas pipeline in China (8,710 km)...more would be about as big as Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km)...more would be 1/2 of Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Diameter of Earth's Moon (3,480 km)...more would be 2/5 of Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of the Limpopo River (1,800 km)...more would be 1/5 of Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (1,794 km)...more would be 1/5 of Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of the Peripherique around Paris (35 km)...more would be 1/250 of Length of the Great Wall of China
  • Length of Tiananmen square in Beijing (880 m)...more would be 1/10000 of Length of the Great Wall of China

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