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Volume of water in the Three Gorges Dam (China)

Volume of water in the Three Gorges Dam (China) (39.3 km^3)

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Volume of water in the Three Gorges Dam (China) (39.3 km^3)

  • is 1/200 of Volume of water in Lake Malawi (7,720 km^3)...more
  • is 10 x Volume of water in Lake Zurich (3.9 km^3)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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