My five year old daughter asked this, and I have asked others. No definite answer yet.
2006-09-28 16:15:22 · 4 answers · asked by Mos 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Probably Lake Michigan. Its water volume is 1,180 cubic miles. This is approximately 1,300,000,000,000 gallons.
2006-09-29 05:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by AF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your question, if you take a snapshot of this instant in time, Lake Michigan would probably win by a hair. It is deeper than the Mississippi River and covers a considerable area.
But if you were to measure the VOLUME OF FLOW over just a little time--say just a week, then the Mississippi River would probably win hands down.
Think about it...the Mississippi River is constantly flowing towards the Gulf of Mexico. If you started a child's wooden boat sailing down from the headwaters somewhere in Iowa or Missouri it would flow out of the mouth about a week (and a bit) later. All that volume of water continuously moving, and yet never going down appreciably, so being constantly replaced.
So for sheer volume of flow over a week, it's the Mississippi River that wins.
2006-09-28 23:38:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. To solve this you need the area of each and the average depth of each. I do not know the answer but my guess would be Lake Michigan.
2006-09-28 23:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lake michigan
2006-09-28 23:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by Big-Daddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋