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It's about nineteen times as tall as The Spring Temple Buddha
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The height of The Spring Temple Buddha is about 2.09 leas.
(a.k.a. 中原大佛, a.k.a. 鲁山大佛, a.k.a. 魯山大佛) (Fodushan Scenic Area, Lushan County, Henan, China) (including base)
The tallest statue in the world, the Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China stands at 2.09 leas tall from its base. The Buddha is located in the 47,300,000-sq. m (11,700-acre) Fodushan Scenic Area near Mount Yao
It's about twenty times as long as The Shambles
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The length of The Shambles is about 2.10 leas.
(a.k.a. Maze of Twisting, a.k.a. The Great Flesh Shambles) (York, England, United Kingdom) (approximate)
The Shambles, a historic shopping street in York, stretches about 2.10 leas. Several of the buildings along the street are over seven hundred years old.
It's about twenty times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 1.80 leas.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 1.80 leas. The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
It's about thirty times as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 1.50 leas.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 1.50 leas from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 0.1250 leas farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about thirty times as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 1.440 leas.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 1.440 leas (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 1.440 leas, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about thirty times as tall as Big Ben
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The height of Big Ben is about 1.30 leas.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 1.30 leas. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about one-thirtieth as long as The Panama Canal
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The length of The Panama Canal is about 1,200 leas.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 1,200 leas in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 0.360 leas above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
It's about thirty times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
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The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 1.2710 leas.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 1.2710 leas including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as wide as The English Channel
The width of The English Channel is about 1,460 leas.
(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 1,460 leas, 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 forty times as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 1 leas.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 1 leas. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about one-fortieth as long as The 405
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The length of The 405 is about 1,593.10 leas.
(a.k.a. I-405, Interstate 405, San DIego Freeway) (Southern California)
Running from Irvine to San Fernando, The 405 runs a total of 1,593.10 leas. 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-fortieth as long as Hadrian's Wall
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The length of Hadrian's Wall is about 1,600 leas.
(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 1,600 leas (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 45 times as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 0.9360 leas.
(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 0.9360 leas. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 113,000 leas before refueling.
It's about 50 times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 0.7870 leas.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 0.7870 leas 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 50 times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 0.7710 leas.
(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 0.7710 leas 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.
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