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The Tibetan plateau has an average elevation of 4,000 meters (13,000 ft) above sea level and covers more than 2.5 million km 2; it is the highest and largest plateau in the world. In 1990, it was estimated that 4,594,188 Tibetans live on the plateau, with 53% living at an altitude over 3,500 meters (11,500 ft).
7 ft 11.3 in: Tallest living Chinese person. born 1964 Suparwono Indonesia: 242 cm: 7 ft 11.3 in: Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia, and he was the tallest Indonesian; claimed to be 8 ft 10.5 in (270.5 cm). Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009. [39] 1985–2012 ...
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.
[3] [4] [5] The summit of K2 , the second highest mountain on Earth , is in the death zone. At an altitude of 19,000 m (63,000 ft), the atmospheric pressure is sufficiently low that water boils at the normal temperature of the human body .
Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country ... 180.3 cm (5 ft 11 in) 167.4 cm (5 ft 6 in) ... 2,181 studies covering 65 million ...
Posidonius calculated the Earth's circumference by reference to the position of the star Canopus.As explained by Cleomedes, Posidonius observed Canopus on but never above the horizon at Rhodes, while at Alexandria he saw it ascend as far as 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 degrees above the horizon (the meridian arc between the latitude of the two locales is actually 5 degrees 14 minutes).
A potential world record of 8.96 m (29 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) was recorded by Iván Pedroso also in Sestriere. Despite a "legal" wind reading, the jump was not validated because videotape revealed a person standing in front of the wind gauge, invalidating the reading (and costing Pedroso a Ferrari valued at $130,000—the prize for breaking the ...
Number of skyscrapers on list City with most skyscrapers on list Tallest building Height of tallest building 1 China: 47 Shenzhen Shanghai Tower: 632.0 m (2,073.5 ft) 2 United Arab Emirates: 14 Dubai Burj Khalifa: 828.0 m (2,716.5 ft) 3 United States: 11 New York City One World Trade Center: 541.3 m (1,776 ft) 4 Malaysia: 4 Kuala Lumpur Merdeka 118