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Narrowest width of the English Channel

Narrowest width of the English Channel (32.3 km)

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Narrowest width of the English Channel (32.3 km)

  • is 1/5000 of Circumference of Uranus (159,300 km)...more
  • is 1/400 of Diameter of the Earth (12,760 km)...more
  • is 1/250 of Length of coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail (Southern Route) (8,140 km)...more
  • is 1/250 of Length of Africa (North to South) (8,000 km)...more
  • is 1/100 of Length of the Indus River (3,180 km)...more
  • is 1/25 of Length of the Indianapolis 500 motor race (805 km)...more
  • is 2.5 x Length of the Marina beach in Chennai, India (13 km)...more
  • is 400 x Wingspan of an Airbus A380 (79.8 m)...more
  • is 500 x Wingspan of a Boeing 747 airliner (64.4 m)...more
  • is 4000 x Width of a tennis court (8.23 m)...more
  • is 5000 x Maximum length of a Reticulated Python (6.5 m)...more

If this was a standard unit ...