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Correction for the size of The Gulf of Mexico

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How big is 1,968,000 cubic yards?
It's about 0.0000000006 times as big as The Gulf of Mexico
The size of The Gulf of Mexico is about 3,184,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 cubic yards.
(water volume)
The Gulf of Mexico contains 3,184,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 cubic yards of water. Every second, the Mississippi River empties 15,700 cubic yards of water into the Gulf.
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