SortStack #265 — 2027-03-01

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A honeybee 1.3 cm

   A honeybee beats its wings about 230 times per second, which is what gives it that distinctive buzz.

2. A great white shark 5.2 m

   Great whites can detect a single drop of blood diluted in 100 litres of water from hundreds of metres away.

3. A giant sequoia (tallest) 89 m

   These trees can live over 3,000 years, and their thick bark resists fire that clears competing plants away.

4. Angel Falls, Venezuela 979 m

   The world's tallest waterfall is so high the water often atomises into mist before it ever reaches the ground.

5. Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km

   The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.

6. The Yellow River, China (length) 5.5K km

   Nicknamed 'China's Sorrow', its devastating floods have killed more people than perhaps any other natural feature.

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