Narrowest width of the English Channel

Narrowest width of the English Channel (32.3 km)

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If Narrowest width of the English Channel (32.3 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Circumference of Uranus (159,300 km)...more would be 5000 x Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Diameter of the Earth (12,760 km)...more would be 400 x Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Length of coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail (Southern Route) (8,140 km)...more would be 250 x Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Length of Africa (North to South) (8,000 km)...more would be 250 x Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Length of the Indus River (3,180 km)...more would be 100 x Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Length of the Indianapolis 500 motor race (805 km)...more would be 25 x Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Length of the Marina beach in Chennai, India (13 km)...more would be 2/5 of Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Wingspan of an Airbus A380 (79.8 m)...more would be 1/400 of Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Wingspan of a Boeing 747 airliner (64.4 m)...more would be 1/500 of Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Width of a tennis court (8.23 m)...more would be 1/4000 of Narrowest width of the English Channel
  • Maximum length of a Reticulated Python (6.5 m)...more would be 1/5000 of Narrowest width of the English Channel

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