Trivia question of the day (reef related)

[Luiz Rocha]

What is the ocean's volume? I just want to run a small experiment here as to what people think the volume is, so please don't google :) I will post the answer in a bit.

[phenom5]

No idea, but I've often wondered...but never googled it for some reason. I'm sure the answer will make even the biggest tank look like a nano.

*Edit* okay, just googled it...that's a lot of zeros.

[Clue]

I also have no idea but since you told me not to google it i felt compelled to

[Luiz Rocha]

Haha, at least make a guess before you google (but don't post the answer) :)

[thebanker]

100 gallons. Am i close? :lol:

[uncleof6]

You want it in cubic kilometers, cubic miles or cubic centimeters? Ok, I will shut up cause I know this.

Jim

[Luiz Rocha]

Oh finally somebody guessed! Needless to say, you are far. One of the biggest indoor tanks in the world (the Whale Shark tank at the GA Aquarium) has 6 million gallons, so I think gallons may not be the best unit to guess :)

[Luiz Rocha]

You want it in cubic kilometers, cubic miles or cubic centimeters? Ok, I will shut up cause I know this.

Jim

Since most people here are from the US let's make it cubic miles. Here is a clue:

1 cubic mile = 1,101,117,147,429 gallons

So, how many cubic miles in the oceans?

[uncleof6]

Since most people here are from the US let's make it cubic miles. Here is a clue:

1 cubic mile = 1,101,117,147,429 gallons

So, how many cubic miles in the oceans?

Naw I want others to suffer till you tell them. I will say it increases by around 1 cubic meter per year.....

Jim

[luther1200]

100 billion cubic miles

[Luiz Rocha]

100 billion cubic miles

WOW, not that much! :)

[luther1200]

:lmao::lmao::lmao: I figured it had to be a lot.

[wells284]

1 billion cubic miles??:hmm1:

[Luiz Rocha]

1 billion cubic miles??:hmm1:

Alright, that is close enough :) the answer is:

322,280,000 cubic miles

That is a lot of water!

[Bignate]

Is it some where around 700,000 cubic miles???

[Bignate]

Is it some where around 700,000 cubic miles???:confused:

[Luiz Rocha]

Approximately 322 million cubic miles, now try converting it to gallons:

1 cubic mile = 1,101,117,147,429 gallons

Mind blowing

[Bignate]

woops i did not know the game was over.....

[Sardaukar]

Approximately 322 million cubic miles, now try converting it to gallons:

1 cubic mile = 1,101,117,147,429 gallons

Mind blowing

Real question is how big of a skimmer would you need?

[dwd5813]

Real question is how big of a skimmer would you need?

:lol:

here's one of many


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[tkeracer619]

One about the size of all the beaches in the world.

[BLKTANG]

Alright, that is close enough :) the answer is:

322,280,000 cubic miles

That is a lot of water!

Is that just Ocean?SW?

[luther1200]

:lol:

here's one of many

I think there running that a little dry for my taste, I don't like to skim real wet, but a bit wetter than that. :lmao:

[Luiz Rocha]

Is that just Ocean?SW?

Yes, just salt water, here is a break down (in cubic miles):

Oceans, Seas & Bays-----------------------322,000,000
Ice caps, Glaciers, & Permanent Snow-----5,773,000
Groundwater (50% salty)-------------------5,614,000
Soil Moisture---------------------------------3,959
Ground Ice & Permafrost--------------------71,970
Lakes (50% of the lakes are salty)---------42,320
Atmosphere----------------------------------3,095
Swamp Water--------------------------------2,752
Rivers-----------------------------------------509
Biological Water------------------------------269
Total------------------------------------------332,500,000

So, about 97% of the water on earth is salt ocean water. Makes you realize how precious potable water really is...

[NaH2Ofreak]

3.54559721 × 10 to the 20th power gallons. That's a lotta water!

Dennis

[uncleof6]

Is that just Ocean?SW?


That is just the ocean, but the ocean is ~97% of the water on the planet. The rest is ground water, ice, rivers and lakes.

The "skimmers" of the oceans are called estuaries.

Jim