SortStack #3618 — 2036-05-05

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A common garden ant 5 mm

   Ants can lift objects many times their own weight thanks to their tiny size and the physics of scale.

2. A red kangaroo (standing) 1.5 m

   Kangaroos cannot walk backwards, a trait so iconic it earned them a spot on Australia's coat of arms.

3. A Boeing 737 airliner 34 m

   The 737 is the best-selling jet airliner in history, with one taking off somewhere on Earth every few seconds.

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. The Great Barrier Reef (length) 2.3K km

   It is the largest living structure on Earth, built by tiny coral animals and visible from space.

6. The Amazon River (length) 6.4K km

   It discharges so much water that it freshens the Atlantic Ocean more than 100 kilometres out from its mouth.

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