Asian Geographic - 09.2018

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SOURCES : LIVE SCIENCE, ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BURJ KHALIFA, SKYSCRAPER CENTER, BUSINESS INSIDER, STADIUM DATABASE, BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY, GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD

RECORDS, ATLAS OBSCURA, THE TELEGRAPH, NEW SCIENTIST, LIVE SCIENCE, WORLD ATLAS

* THE WEST INCLUDES EUROPE, AUSTRALIASIA, AND THE AMERICAS

Spring Temple Buddha

128m

The Motherland Calls

85m

Yellow Meranti

(Shorea faguetiana)

“Hyperion” Coast Redwood

(Sequoia sempervirens)

115.7m

Redwood National

Park, California,

USA

Sutong Bridge Millau Viaduct

343m

Statue

*measured from the base to

the top of the structure

Bridge

*measured from the highest point

to the lowest visible point

Tree

Spans the valley of the

River Tarn, near Millau

in southern France

Maliau Basin Conservation

Area, Danum Valley, Sabah,

Borneo, Malaysia

The statue stands
on a 20m-tall lotus
throne, which
consists of 1,100
pieces of copper cast
in Henan province,
China

Tallest statue in Russia

and Europe, and tallest

freestanding non-

religious statue in

the world

94.1m

306m

Spans the Yangtze River

between Nantwong and

Changshu in China

* NOT TO SCALE