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You could, but most people would use metres. A normal tree would be 5 to 20 metres in height - 0.005 kilometres to 0.020 km - although some in tropical forests and the giant redwoods are much taller..
General Sherman, the record holder is 83.8 metres in height (0.0838 kilometres).
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The height of a tree is typically measured in meters, as this unit of measurement is more appropriate for smaller distances such as the height of a tree. Using kilometers to measure the height of a tree would be excessive, as kilometers are better suited for larger distances such as the length of a road or the distance between cities. Therefore, meters would be the more accurate and practical unit of measurement for determining the height of a tree.
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with a tape measurer
Feet or meters would work well for measuring the height of the tree.
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Most sycamore tree's reach 30-40 meters.