[time-nuts] Obscure terms

[Hal Murray]

> The most amazing unit I have hit was the "Sverdrup", used for
> measuring sea-currents.  I belive it is km^3/s. 

Close.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdrup
It is equivalent to 10^6 cubic meters per second (0.001 km³/s, or about 264 
million U.S. gallons per second).

The entire global input of fresh water from rivers to the ocean is equal to 
about 1 sverdrup.


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