Length of the Mekong River

Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km)

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Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km)

  • is 1/1000 of Circumference of the Sun (4.37 million km)...more
  • is 1/100 of Circumference of Jupiter (439,000 km)...more
  • is 1/5 of Circumference of Mars (21,340 km)...more
  • is 2/5 of Length of the Trans-Siberian Highway from St Petersburg to Vladivostok (11,000 km)...more
  • is 2/5 of Circumference of Earth's Moon (10,920 km)...more
  • is 1/2 of Length of the Great Wall of China (8,850 km)...more
  • is 1/2 of Length of the West-East gas pipeline in China (8,710 km)...more
  • is 1/2 of Length of North America (North to South) (8,600 km)...more
  • is about as big as Length of the Vic-Maui yacht race (4,270 km)...more
  • is about as big as Length of Chile - North-South (4,270 km)...more
  • is 200 x Length of Manhattan Island (21.6 km)...more
  • is 5000 x Length of Tiananmen square in Beijing (880 m)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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