Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Tallest Living Things

The seeds of the redwood tree are so tiny that there are 246,000 to a kilogram but they produce the tallest living things on earth. Redwood trees reach heights of over 110 metres. The tallest of them 'Tallest Tree' in Humboldt County, California is 112.1 m tall and has a girth of 13.38 m.
An armour of bark 15 to 20 cm thick protects the tree against insects and fires. This natural protection coupled with great resistance to disease makes the trees extremely long-lived and many of them attain ages of 2000 years.
Redwoods belong to the group of trees known as Conifers. Like other conifers their leaves are thin and needle-like and usually stay on the tree all the year round.

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Last updated on :1/9/2006