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The Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River originates adjacent to the meadows, and flows west through them towards its junction with the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River.. At an altitude of 9,728 feet (2,965 m), [1] the meadow can be covered in snow up to 162 inches (411 cm) deep in wintertime. [2]
The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to 1 36 yard or 1 12 of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is also sometimes used to translate similar units in other measurement systems, usually understood as ...
Linie – Line, usually 1 ⁄ 12 inch, but also 1 ⁄ 10. Zoll – Inch, usually 1 ⁄ 12 foot, but also 1 ⁄ 10. Fuss – Foot, varied between 23.51 cm in Wesel and 40.83 cm in Trier. Rheinfuss – Rhine foot, used in the North, 31.387 cm; Elle – Ell / cubit, distance between elbow and finger tip.
A centimetre (International spelling) or centimeter (American spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of 1 100 . [1] Equivalently, there are 100 centimetres in 1 metre. The centimetre was the base unit of length ...
2 cm — approximate width of an adult human finger; 2.54 cm — 1 inch; 3.1 cm — 1 attoparsec (10 −18 parsecs) 3.5 cm — width of film commonly used in motion pictures and still photography; 4.3 cm — minimum diameter of a golf ball [32] 7.3-7.5 cm — diameter of a baseball [33] 8.6 cm × 5.4 cm — dimensions of a typical credit card [34]
Human height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
A Biltmore scale inscribed on an axe. Diameter at breast height (DBH) is measured by holding the stick a fixed distance, usually 25 inches (64 cm), from the eye, and at breast height, which in the United States is 4.5 feet (1.4 m) up the bole of the tree.
411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [ 1 ] although its official name is "directory assistance".