Sunday 19 June 2011

Amazing trees

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TULE'S TREE.


This tree is ne
xt to Santa Maria del Tule's church in Oaxaca, Mexico. Its trunk has a diameter of 32 metres and 30 people are needed to surround it. It is more than 40 metres high and more than 2000 years old.


GENERAL SHERMAN.


This tree is a sequoia. It is 83.8 metres high and about 2500
years old. It is in the Sequoia National Park in USA.


METHUSELAH TREE.

This bristlecone pine is 4841 years old. It's the oldest not cloned living organism. It's in Nevada mountai
ns (USA), but its exact location is kept secret to protect it.




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