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Volume of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA)

Volume of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA) (23 km^3)

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If Volume of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA) (23 km^3) was a standard unit ...

  • Volume of water in the Great Lakes of North America (22,700 km^3)...more would be 1000 x Volume of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA)
  • Volume of water in Lake Superior (11,600 km^3)...more would be 500 x Volume of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA)
  • Volume of water in the Samara Dam (Russia) (57.3 km^3)...more would be 2.5 x Volume of water in the Fort Peck Dam (USA)

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