1 kilometre

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 kilometre and 10 kilometres (103 and 104 metres).

Distances shorter than 1 kilometre

Contents

Conversions

1 kilometre (abbreviated as km) is equal to:

Human-defined scales and structures

Nature

Astronomical

Distances longer than 10 kilometres

See also

shorter than one metre:
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longer than 1 metre:
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Notes

  1. ^ "long wave". Oxford Dictionaries. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/long+wave. Retrieved 12 March 2011. "wavelength above one kilometre (and a frequency below 300 kHz)" 
  2. ^ "nautical mile". Merriam Webster. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nautical%20mile. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Akashi Kaikyo Bridge @ Everything2.com, Everything2, 2002-09-09, http://everything2.com/title/Akashi%2520Kaikyo%2520Bridge, retrieved 2009-04-19 
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ Jeffrey Friedl (2008-12-09), Supporting the Longest Suspension Bridge in the World, archived from the original on 2009-04-25, http://www.webcitation.org/5gJ2fhJU2, retrieved 2009-04-19 
  6. ^ New height of world's railway born in Tibet, Xinhua News Agency, 2005-08-24, archived from the original on 2009-04-25, http://www.webcitation.org/5gJ2g3SWw, retrieved 2009-04-19 
  7. ^ [2]
  8. ^ "Russians in landmark Baikal dive". BBC News. 29 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7530230.stm. Retrieved 12 March 2011. "current record of 1,637m was set in Lake Baikal in the 1990s"