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		schappim on June 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Much Water Is in Earth's Crust? Cubic Miles? Who keeps the metric system down? This is equivalent to: 1/30th the volume of Earths Oceans. 17x the volume of the Greenland icecap. Or 3.72x10^20 US gills

v8xi on June 6, 2024 | [–]

Surprisingly little compared to the volume of the oceans. Makes me wonder how much is in Mars' crust

jpm_sd on June 6, 2024 | | [–]

Or about 2e17 hogsheads

arghIan on June 6, 2024 | [–]

but how many cups is it?

dpwm on June 6, 2024 | [–]

About 1.8e20 US cups according to Google.

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