How Tall Is Giant bamboo? 30 m (98 ft) to Scale | Magnitudle

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Giant bamboo (30 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Giant bamboo (30 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

About 32% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
About 1.3× the length of a tennis court
About 60% of the length of an Olympic swimming pool
About 2.5× the length of a city bus
About 29% of the length of a football (soccer) pitch

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Facts about Giant bamboo

Some giant bamboo species can grow more than 30 meters tall, making them among the tallest grasses on Earth.

Source: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — Dendrocalamus giganteus; Guinness World Records — Tallest bamboo

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Giant bamboo
Wave Rock	15 m (49 ft)	0.5×
Fingal’s Cave	16 m (52 ft)	0.53×
Jōmon Sugi	25.3 m (83 ft)	0.84×
Giant bamboo	30 m (98 ft)	this page
Gullfoss	32 m (105 ft)	1.1×
Árbol del Tule	35 m (115 ft)	1.2×
Tower Fall	40 m (131 ft)	1.3×
Wollemi pine	40 m (131 ft)	1.3×
Old Faithful	56 m (184 ft)	1.9×
Skógafoss	60 m (197 ft)	2×

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Which is bigger: Giant bamboo or Tower Fall?

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