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The International Olympic Committee agreed in 1907 that the distance for the 1908 London Olympic marathon would be about 25 miles or 40 kilometers. The organizers decided on a course of 26 miles from the start at Windsor Castle to the royal entrance to the White City Stadium , followed by a lap (586 yards 2 feet; 536 m) of the track, finishing ...
The most common distances are 50 kilometres (31.07 mi), 50 miles (80.47 km), 100 kilometres (62.14 mi), 100 miles (160.93 km), and continue up to the longest certified race distance of 3100 miles. [1] Timed events range from 6, 12, and 24 hours to 3, 6, and 10 days (known as Multiday races). Timed events are generally run on a track or a short ...
Geographic coordinates: Continent: Africa Area: total: 112 622 km 2 country comparison to the world: 102 land: 110 622 km 2 water: 2 000 km 2. Area comparative. Australia comparative: slightly less than 1 / 2 the size of Victoria; Canada comparative: approximately 1 1 / 2 times the size of New Brunswick
The Salween runs is called the angry river in Mandarin due to its fast running waters snaking through mountainous terrain for almost the entirety of its 1,491-mile (2,400 km) long length. [27] In the narrow southeastern part of Burma, the Ye , Heinze , Dawei (Tavoy), Great Tenasserim (Tanintharyi) and the Lenya rivers are relatively short and ...
A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [2]
Kenosha is 32 miles south of Milwaukee and 49 miles north of Chicago. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.03 square miles (70.01 km 2), of which 26.93 square miles (69.75 km 2) is land and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km 2) is water. [50]
Lake Malawi is sometimes called the Calendar Lake as it is about 587 km (365 mi) long and 84 km (52 mi) wide. [3] The surface of Lake Malawi is located at 460 m (1,500 ft) above sea level, with a maximum depth of 700 m (2,300 ft), which means the lake bottom is over 210 m (700 ft) below sea level at some points.
The Carpathian National Park and Hoverla at 2,061 m (6,762 ft), the highest mountain in Ukraine. Ukraine is the second-largest European country, after Russia.Its various regions have diverse geographic features ranging from highlands to lowlands, as well as climatic range and a wide variety in hydrography.