Cubic Kilometre (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, with a total volume of approximately 22,750 cubic kilometers.
- Lake Baikal, located in southern Siberia, Russia, holds the largest volume of freshwater of any lake on Earth, approximately 23,615.39 cubic kilometers.
- The Mediterranean Sea has a total volume of approximately 3.75 cubic kilometers of water.
- A cubic kilometer of seawater contains approximately 1.35 cubic kilometers of dissolved gases.
- The Aral Sea once had a volume of 1,083 cubic kilometers but has been reduced significantly due to the diversion of its tributaries.