Forest Rebuilding

Because forests still occupy vast areas of the planet, known individual trees around the world are very few. They need obviously to present atypical features, if possible of Guinness World Records worthy, or even to have historical significance.

California possesses some examples: Hyperion is the highest in the world (155.5 m), General Sherman sequoia tree is the most voluminous (1.450 cubic meters) and the oldest is Methuselah, East about 4,800 years ago. Nor less known are: Buddha tree under which tradition relates that the great prophet was illuminated, and the time of Christ the olive garden of Gethsemane.

It is unclear today where the world's most isolated tree, but we have no doubts about who has held this position until 1973.

Tree of Ténéré (L'Arbre du Ténéré), one of the species Acacia Acacia Acacia raddiana or tortilus, was an important caravan routes crossing the Ténéré region of the Sahara in northeast Niger. He was considered the most isolated tree on Earth, is unique in an area of ​​400 km! Tree of Ténéré is also the only tree that appears on a map scale 1: 4,000,000.

This fascinating desert in the middle of it aroused curiosity of scientists, which they shortly and solve the mystery. It seems that recently Ténéré region was hospitable, but due to climate change to desert the land and all plants have died ... except one.

You may be wondering how it was possible to survive with a quantity of only 2.5 cm of rainfall per year. In fact, thanks to a tree in Ténéré there Dipu groundwater at 36 m depth.

Finally tragicomic

Chance to be the only tree on an area of ​​400 square miles was not enough to escape from absurd denouement. Tree of Ténéré and the end came in 1973, when a truck driver, who was apparently drunk, escaped the brutal control of the car entering the shaft, cast him in the roots. Now, remember the saying "Life beats film"? We tend to give it justice. Tree remains were taken to the museum in the capital of Niger, and his place was placed a metal monument.