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Is 1.250 leas as long as a Giant Sequoia (tree)?

It's about one-and-one-fifth 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.
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