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How to identify the width of the river with a blade of grass?

We choose on the opposite bank, in the immediate vicinity of it, two noticeable objects and, standing on the other side of the river with arms outstretched, in which a blade of grass is clamped, we close the gap between the selected objects. One eye must be closed.

After that, folding the blade of grass in half, we move away from the river bank until the distance between the selected objects is covered by the folded blade of grass. Then we measure the gap between the two points of our standing. The distance between them will be equal to the width of the river.

Author: A.E. Menchukov

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