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The Great Wall of China, at 6,352 km or 3,947 mi long, is a megastructure. This picture was taken near Beijing in February 2005. A megastructure is a very large artificial object, although the limits of precisely how large vary considerably. Some apply the term to any especially large or tall building.
The South–North Water Transfer Project, also translated as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, [1] is a multi-decade infrastructure mega-project in China that aims to channel 44.8 cubic kilometers (44.8 billion cubic meters) of fresh water each year [2] from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialized north through three canal systems: [3]
By more lenient definitions, the Great Wall of China (6.7 Mm or 4,200 mi) counts as a megastructure. A more complete list of conceptual and existing megastructures, along with a discussion of megastructure criteria, is found under megastructure.
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The Underground Great Wall of China (Chinese: 地下长城; pinyin: Dìxià Chángchéng) is the informal name for the 3,000 mile (5,000km) system of tunnels used by China to store and transport intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
A megastructure found in the Baltic Sea may represent one of the oldest known hunting structures used in the Stone Age — and could change what’s known about how hunter-gatherers lived around ...
The list of the tallest buildings and structures in China encompasses a compilation of remarkable structures throughout the mainland and the special administrative region of Macau. These structures are distinguished by their towering heights, measuring at least 250 meters (820 feet) or more.
Megastructure is an architectural and urban concept of the post-war era, which envisions a city or an urban form that could be encased in a massive single human-made structure or a relatively small number of interconnected structures. In a megastructural project, orders and hierarchies are created with large and permanent structures supporting ...