1 decametre

For the amateur radio band, see 10-meter band.
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A clickable mosaic of objects
at scales within direct human experience, from the micrometric (106 m, top left) to the multi-kilometric (105 m, bottom right).
A Blue whale has been measured as 33 metres long; this drawing compares its length to that of a human diver and a dolphin

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 metres and 100 metres.

Distances shorter than 10 metres

Conversions

10 metres (very rarely termed a decametre which is abbreviated as dam) is equal to:

Human-defined scales and structures

Sports

Nature

Astronomical

Distances longer than 100 metres

Notes

  1. "Rule 1.04 The Playing Field" (PDF). Official Baseball Rules. Major League Baseball. 25 January 2010. pp. 1–5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011. See especially Diagram No. 1, page 3.
  2. "Law 7 (The pitch)". Laws of Cricket. Marylebone Cricket Club. October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  3. "Animal Records". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
  4. "Niagara Falls Geology Facts & Figures". Niagara Parks Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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