The original mega structure The Great Wall stretches an incredible
8,851 km (5,500 miles), making it easily the longest man-made structure on Earth.
- Great Wall of China
The 2 km dam spanning the Yangtze submerged 13 existing cities,
140 towns and over 1,300 villages,requiring the relocation of 1.5 million people.
This retired garbage dump covering 12 square kilometers (4.6 square miles
of New York’s Staten Island was once piled higher than the nearby Statue of Liberty.
This colossal open-pit mine located in Eastern Siberia,Russia is 525 meters (1,722 feet)
deep and 1.25 km wide. In the Sixties it produced two tons of diamonds per year
140 towns and over 1,300 villages,requiring the relocation of 1.5 million people.
- Three Gorges Dam
of New York’s Staten Island was once piled higher than the nearby Statue of Liberty.
- Fresh Kills Landfill
Built largely by hand over 2,000 years ago, these terraced rice paddies cover
10,360 square kilo meters of steep mountainside in the Philippines.
10,360 square kilo meters of steep mountainside in the Philippines.
- Banaue Rice Terraces
This colossal open-pit mine located in Eastern Siberia,Russia is 525 meters (1,722 feet)
deep and 1.25 km wide. In the Sixties it produced two tons of diamonds per year
- Mirny Diamond Mine
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