Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
How Much Water is On Earth?
This picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of
Earth's water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere
sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Utah
to Topeka, Kansas, has a diameter of about 860 miles (about 1,385
kilometers) , with a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles
(1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers). The sphere includes all the water in
the oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater,
atmospheric water, and even the water in you, your dog, and your tomato
plant.
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