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Mass of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA)

Mass of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA) (23 trillion kg)

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Mass of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA) (23 trillion kg)

  • is 1/1000 of Mass of water in the Great Lakes of North America (22.7 quadrillion kg)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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