Top 10 largest trees in the world

Árbol del Tule, another aspect of trunk which shows that the trunk has elongated form

Wondermondo 🢖 Lists and articles 🢖 Top 10 largest trees in the world Publication Top 10 largest trees in the world   In short This is a list of the 10 largest – in fact, stoutest – known species of trees in the world. These trees have the largest circumference of their trunks. This list is not final and from […]

Swartwater Tree

One of the largest trees in South Africa – an enormous baobab (Adansonia digitata). Circumference – 24.55 m, height 28.4 m.

Arbol del Tule (Árbol del Tule)

Árbol del Tule. Girth - 36.2 m

One of the stoutest trees on Earth, Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum). Girth 36.2 m, diameter 11.62 m, height 35.4 m. Discounting the buttresses of the trunk the diameter – 9.38 m. Volume 750 m³. Age estimated to be 1,400 – 1,600 years. Sacred Zapotec tree.

General Grant Tree

General Grant Tree sometimes around 1936

Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.)), the second largest tree in the world. Height 81.5 m, girth at breast height 27.8 m, volume 1,320 m3. This beautiful tree is declared as a National Shrine, a memorial to those who died in the war.

Boole Tree

Boole Tree, California

Giant sequoia of enormous size. Height 81.9 m, girth at the breast height 24.3 m, volume 1,203 m³.

Pakari Brikshya

Enormous, beautiful weeping fig (Ficus benjamina). Circumference of its trunk is approximately 16 – 20 m, height – approximately 20 m but the width of crown – more than 30 m.

Patan Durbar Square

Patan Durbar Square, Nepal

The gorgeous central part of a historical city, the former capital city of Malla. The floor of the square is tiled with red bricks and the square is surrounded by ornate buildings. Most of the current buildings are from the 17th century, but the history of this ancient town is much longer. Here are found 55 larger temples and 136 interesting courtyards. Heavily damaged during the earthquake on April 25, 2015.

Caño Cristales (Cano Cristales)

Caño Cristales with waterfall and the red Macarenia clavigera, Colombia. September 2012

A unique river. Its bottom is covered with the endemic Macarenia clavigera plants. From late July to November these plants turn bright red. Then this colorful river is one of the most spectacular sights in Colombia.