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Re[2]: GLIN==> water volume
BTW, the 8 feet figure from Dave's original post is what you come up with if
using the area of the U.S. including AK and HI.
Rochelle
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Subject: Re: GLIN==> water volume
Author: Carol Swinehart <swinehar@msue.msu.edu>
Date: 2/25/2000 2:06 PM
2/25/00
Thanks, Frank (Q). I was just about to run the same calculation :) Will
keep it on file for future reference!
cys
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At 10:10 AM 2/25/2000 -0500, Frank H. Quinn wrote:
>Dave,
>
>If you are just looking at the conterminous U.S.
>
>The are of the conterminous U.S. is 3,021,295 sq. Miles. Table 1, page 8,
>Statistical Abstract of the United States
>
>The volumes of the Great Lakes are:
>
>Lake Superior 2900 cubic miles
>Lake Michigan 1180 "
>Lake Huron 850 "
>Lake St Clair 1 "
>Lake Erie 116 "
>Lake Ontario 393 "
> Total 5440 " Cordinated Great lakes Physical Data, (1977)
>
>
>5440/3021295*5280 = 9.51 ft.
>
>The Great Lakes would therefore cover the conterminous (excludes Alaska and
>Hawaii) U.S. to a depth of 9.5 ft.
>
>
>At 08:10 AM 02/25/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> I've heard that the Great Lakes contain enough water to submerge an
area
>>the size of the continental U.S. in three feet of water. I've also heard
>>that it is eight feet of water.
>> Can anyone resolve this, comment on the validity of either comparison
>or
>>suggest a different one?
>> Thanks,
>>
>>Dave Poulson
>>Booth Newspapers
>>poulsondav@aol.com
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