posted on Aug, 19 2009 @ 11:12 AM
I was bored and I love math like this. I hope its all correct.
Total surface area of ocean:
139,500,000 Square miles of ocean * 640 acres per mile = 89,280,000,000 Acres of Ocean
1" of rain on 100 acres would be 2,715,400 gallons so:
89,280,000,000 Acres of Ocean / 100 = 892,800,000.
892,800,000 * 2,715,400 = 2,424,309,120,000,000 gallons of ocean per inch.
Now One US gallon is 0.133681 cubic feet so 2,424,309,120,000,000 * 0.133681 = 324,084,067,470,720 cubic feet of dirt that need to be moved to land,
to lower the whole ocean by 1 inch.
18.3 trillion tons dry.
[edit on 8/19/09 by Cyprex]
[edit on 8/19/09 by Cyprex]