SortStack #685 — 2028-04-24
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- An acoustic guitar 99 cm
The guitar's hollow body acts as an amplifier, resonating the strings' vibration into the air around it.
- The Empire State Building 443 m
It was built in just 410 days during the Great Depression, rising about a floor a day at peak speed.
- Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km
The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.
- Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5.9 km
You can walk from tropical jungle to arctic glaciers on its slopes, passing through five climate zones in days.
- The Grand Canyon (rim-to-rim width) 29 km
It is so wide that the cooler north rim and warmer south rim have noticeably different plants and wildlife.
- The River Rhine (length) 1.2K km
It has been a vital trade highway since Roman times, still carrying more cargo than any other river in Europe.