which is the tallest tree in the world?
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Oddly enough both the first two answers are correct.\n\nThe tallest individual tree in the world is a Rdewood/sequioa.\n\nThe tallest tree species in the world is mountain ash. \n\nThe reason for the discrepancy is that they discovered the tallest mountain ash by measuringit as it lay on the gorund. They had just cut down the tallest tree in the world.\n\nSo although Mountain Ash grow slightly taller than redwood there is no living mountain ash that is taller than the tallest living redwood.
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First White Tree of Minas Ithil\nPlanted by Isilur in the Second age
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Conifer trees: fir, spruce, pine.  Bushes, shrubs.  Taiga, also known as the Coniferous Forest, is located in Canada, northern Europe and Asia, and parts of southern Alaska
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C.N Tower is not the tallest building in the world.  It is the tallest freestanding structure though.
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Fastest--Some species of the 45 genera of bamboo have been found to grow at up to 91 cm (3 ft) per day, or at a rate of 0.00003 km/h (0.00002 mph). Bamboo grows one third faster than the fastest growing tree. Some species can grow up to one meter per day. It is said you can almost watch it grow!\nSlowest--Slowest-growing tree is a white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) located in Canada. After 155 years, it grew to a height of 10.2 cm (4 in.) and weighed only 17 g (0.6 oz), averaging a growth of 0.11 g (0.003 oz) each year. The tree is found on a cliffside in the Canadian Great Lakes area.
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Well, the baobab tree comes closest to your description, and is often called the upside down tree.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_tallest_structures
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The Himalayas, some of the tallest mountains in the world... home to Mt. Everest, K2, etc.
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The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada standing 1,815 ft., 5 inches tall.  It's the tallest free-standing building in the world.
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The tallest mammal is the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), found on the African savanna. The tallest specimen ever recorded was a 5.8-m (19-ft) male named George, who was received at Chester Zoo, UK, in 1959. George was orginally from Kenya. On average, mature giraffe males grow to a height of around 5.5 m (18 ft). Their long necks possess no more than the usual seven vertebrae found in most mammals, but each one is greatly elongated.\n\n The remains of the tallest dinosaur, named Sauroposeidon, reveal this beast stood at a height of 18 m (60 ft) and weighed some 60 tonnes (59 tons). Certain vertebra measured up to 1.2 m (4 ft) long. Amazingly, this powerful creature's bones have survived the 110 million years since it last walked the Earth during the Cretaceous period. The bones were discovered in Oaklahoma in 1994. The length of its neck is about a third larger than the Brachiosaurus, its nearest competitor, whose height reached 12 m (39.4 ft).\n\n The world's tallest living tree is the Stratosphere Giant measuring 112.7 m (370 ft) as of July 2004. This coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) was discovered by Chris Atkins (USA) in August 2000 in the Rockefeller Forest of the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California, USA.\n\nThe precise location of the giant tree is always kept secret by the Park Rangers in case enthusiastic tree fans accidentally damage its fragile environment. The second tallest tree living, known as The Federation Giant, measures 112 m (368 ft) and also lives at the Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
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Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak! Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 33,480 feet (10,314 meters) in total, while Mt. Everest which is located on the border between Nepal and China, not in India like the person "Student" said.  Mt. Everest from base to peak is 29,028 feet (8,848 meters). Mt. Mauna Kea beats Everest by 4,452 feet (1,466 meters). It's true that Mt. Everest reaches the highest, but it's not the tallest.
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It is the world's largest tree-borne fruit.\n\nFor more info:http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/jackfruit.html
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What is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak?\nMauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak! Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 33,480 feet (10,314 meters) in total, reaching 13,796 feet (4205 m) above sea level.
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The Guinness Book of World Records currently lists a 12,000 year old California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) named "Eternal God" as the oldest tree on earth. Previously, the "Methuselah" Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) held the record at about 4,700 years.\n\nThe Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) was first identified as a long-lived tree by Dr Edmund Schulman following surveys in California's White Mountains in 1954. The oldest pines grow at elevations above 3,000 metres in arid, rocky areas of the Great Basin that covers the state of Nevada and parts of Utah and California. (This mountainous area of 500,000 square kilometres has no rivers or creeks flowing out of it.) They exist on the tree line in severe conditions, and often appear to be mostly dead, with only part of the trunk having living bark and leaves. This growth strategy is a response to damage from climate and lightning strikes, and allows the tree to exist on limited resources.\n\nThe bristlecones of Wheeler Peak in Nevada were believed to be older than those found in California. In 1964 a geology student called Donald R. Currey came to Wheeler Peak to study ice age glaciers, partly by collecting tree ring data. Using coring tools, he identified trees over 4,000 years old.\n\nWhen his coring tool jammed inside a massive tree, he asked for, and received, permission from the US Forest Service to cut the tree off at 2.4 metres above the ground and keep a horizontal slab for study. When this slab had its rings counted, it turned out to be over 4,844 years old. Later cores taken closer to ground level by dendrochronologist Don Graybill showed it to be 4,862 years old - the oldest living thing ever discovered.\n\nWheeler Peak is now part of the Great Basin National Park, which was created in 1986.\n\nThen a 4,600+ year old bristlecone called "Methuselah" in the White Mountains of California was considered as the oldest tree now living. Some reports have it as 4,789 years old.\n\nWe can say,today,as ref to The Guinness Book of World Records,12,000 year old California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) named "Eternal God" is the oldest tree on earth!!
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You ask which building is LONGEST and not TALLEST. I might be wrong, but I do not think the Great Wall of China would be considered a building, but a structure (wall). I think it could be the longest structure in the world.\n\nMy best guess would be a scientific building (in Texas I think) that shoots a particle beam. It is incredibly long. \n\nThe tallest buildings to the best of my knowledge are the Taipei in Taiwan and the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.\n\n\nI found this data on the web:\n\nBy space (useable volume, in m³)\n\nBoeing claims that its Everett Plant in Seattle, Washington is the largest building in the world by volume at 13.3 million m³ (472 million ft³), having grown from the original 5.64 million m³ (200 million ft³). The building is used to assemble the company's 747, 767 and 777 aircraft, and will be used for the 787. [1] This is backed up by the Guinness Book of World Records.\n\nIn Brandenburg, Germany, the Aerium of the Cargolifter AG was built as a hangar for a never constructed giant airship and has a volume of 5.2 million m³, is 107 m tall, 360 m long and 210 m wide. It's the world largest hall without pillars and is now used as a resort called Tropical Islands.[2]\n\nThe Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, Europe, with a total of 2,550,000 m³ or 90 052 400.1 cubic feet. It takes third place in the world total office space (useable floor space) provided. (N.B. Nasa's Vehicle Assembly Building)\n[edit]\n\nBy area (in m²)\n\nBy footprint (m²)\n\nThe chiefly one-storey Aalsmeer Flower Auction, The Netherlands, with its 990,000 m² of floor space is probably the world's largest building in terms of both footprint and floor area. The Guinness Book of Records records it as the largest commercial building in the world. It is located in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. Around 20 million flowers are sold in the building every day.
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"There are many difficulties in truly defining the largest organism. The General Sherman tree, an individual Giant Sequoia with a volume of 1489 m3, is generally considered to hold the title[1]. However, the Malheur National Forest Armillaria ostoyae (a species of honey fungus) was found to span 8.9 km² (2200 acres)[2]. Whether or not this is an actual individual organism is disputed – the likelihood of all parts of the mycelium (the vegetative part of fungi) being connected is very small, though some tests have indicated that they have the same genetic makeup [3]. The Aspen tree, (Populus tremuloides), also forms large stands of genetically identical trees. These trees form through runners coming off an original parent tree. All remain connected through their roots and could therefore be considered one organism. One such grove covers 200 acres and is estimated to weigh 6600 tons[4]. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef stretching 2000 km, has been shown to be a collection of many organisms and is the largest living superorganism."
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Robert Wadlow is recorded as being the tallest person in the world, 8 feet 11 inches. However, the Bible records Goliath of Gath, a Philistine as being about 10 feet tall.