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By volume, the General Sherman sequoia is the largest tree on Earth: an estimated 52,500 cubic feet of wood. Its trunk alone weighs nearly 1,400 tons.
ILLUSTRATION · AIThe General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is the largest tree in the world by volume: an estimated 52,500 cubic feet (1,486.6 cubic meters).
It is not the tallest tree, and not the widest. But no known tree holds more wood. The National Park Service estimates the General Sherman's volume at 52,500 cubic feet and lists its height above base at 274.9 feet, with a ground circumference of 102.6 feet.
How heavy is that?
The trunk alone weighs nearly 1,400 tons. The park compares that with roughly 15 adult blue whales, 10 diesel-electric locomotives or 25 battle tanks.
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