The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide is a continental divide in North America dividing the direction of water flow in eastern and southern Canada and the northern Midwestern United States. Water north of the height of land flows to the Arctic Ocean by rivers to Hudson Bay or directly to the Arctic.
General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth.
Reaching the Tops of the World's Tallest Trees. The Lost Monarch, in the Grove of Titans, is the most massive redwood on Earth. The main trunk of a redwood can be as large as 30 feet in diameter. The tallest tree in the world stands at almost 380 feet. Michael W. Taylor/Courtesy of Richard Preston.