How long is 0.010 leagues?
It's about one-two-hundredth as deep as The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench)
The depth of The Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench) is about 1.96220 leagues.
(near Marianas Islands, a.k.a. Ladrones Islands, northwestern Pacific Ocean) (depth below sea level)
The Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Marianas Trench, reaches a depth of 1.96220 leagues below sea level. The first manned expedition to the bottom of Challenger Deep took 4 hours and 48 minutes in 1960. This was the only manned descent to the floor of the Trench until 2012, when director James Cameron made the trip; several other descents have been made since then.
It's about one-five-hundredth as tall as Olympus Mons
The height of Olympus Mons is about 4.90 leagues.
(a.k.a. Mount Olympus) (Mars)
The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons rises to approximately 4.90 leagues. 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 1,000 times as tall as a Golf Tee
The height of a Golf Tee is about 0.00000970 leagues.
The most common golf tee size and the length preferred for iron and most wood clubs is 0.00000970 leagues 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-one-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Panama Canal
The length of The Panama Canal is about 16 leagues.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 16 leagues in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 0.0047 leagues above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
It's about one-two-thousandth as wide as The English Channel
The width of The English Channel is about 19.30 leagues.
(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 19.30 leagues, 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-two-thousandth as long as The 405
The length of The 405 is about 20.9760 leagues.
(a.k.a. I-405, Interstate 405, San DIego Freeway) (Southern California)
Running from Irvine to San Fernando, The 405 runs a total of 20.9760 leagues. 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-two-thousandth as long as Hadrian's Wall
The length of Hadrian's Wall is about 22 leagues.
(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 22 leagues (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 4,000 times as long as an Aspirin
The length of an Aspirin is about 0.00000250 leagues.
(for up & up aspirin, 325mg, regular strength tablets) (a.k.a. acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. ASA)
A single aspirin tablet measures 0.00000250 leagues 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-eight-thousandth as long as The Grand Canyon
The length of The Grand Canyon is about 80.30 leagues.
(a.k.a. Gran Cañón) (Arizona) (Colorado River miles measure)
The Grand Canyon has a total length of 80.30 leagues 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 0.1980 leagues above the floor of Granite Gorge.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as long as The Rhine
The length of The Rhine is about 238 leagues.
(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 238 leagues 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 35,000 times as wide as a Strand of Spaghetti
The width of a Strand of Spaghetti is about 0.000000310 leagues.
(average; restaurant and supermarket applications) (based on FMA Omcan Italian Made TR50 Counter Top Pasta Machine Extruder 13317)
An average strand of restaurant-grade spaghetti measures 0.000000310 leagues in thickness. In 2010, a California Buca di Beppo set a world record by preparing a 13,780-lb bowl of spaghetti, served in a swimming pool.
It's about one-forty-thousandth as long as The Colorado River
The length of The Colorado River is about 419 leagues.
(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 419 leagues in length. Along this length, the river descends from its source, approximately 0.4950 leagues above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, to its mouth in the Gulf of California.
It's about 45,000 times as long as a Grain of Sand
The length of a Grain of Sand is about 0.0000002250 leagues.
(medium grain)
Composed mainly of quartz, mica, feldspar, or magnetite, a grain of sand measures an average of 0.0000002250 leagues. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 0.00272 leagues in height.
It's about one-fifty-thousandth as long as The Danube
The length of The Danube is about 513 leagues.
(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 513 leagues 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-sixty-thousandth as long as The Oregon Trail
The length of The Oregon Trail is about 628 leagues.
(from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon)
The historic Oregon Trail stretched 628 leagues 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.