Re: Depths of the Ocean

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:43:25 +0100, Sleepalot <sleepalot07@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:10:36 +0100, Sleepalot <sleepalot07@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in <vk5au4tua6hkmi39qteaf1t335g343cesa@xxxxxxx>:
bobharvey <robertharvey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The area of the world's oceans is around 361,419,000 sq km,

I have a theory that if someone dug a canal from the Med to the
Qattara Depression (about 60km), it could knock about 1mm off
sea level.

I read recently of a plan to put a canal in to the Dead Sea;
50 million tons of seawater a day IIRC.

That's a bit tricker - there's a range of hills in the way. Otoh,
there's an opportunity to generate some electricity at the same time.

one word: Syphon

another word: Easy target for terists.
(OK a few words)


I always wanted to do the same to Lake Eyre, but the scale is
rather different.

Is that a salt lake?

if at all


Not quite as daft as the guy who wanted to build an artificial mountain
range across the Simpson desert, to induce orographic rainfall.

<Max Bygraves/>
#You need clouds, to get a little rainfall,...

Mind you, if you're talking "nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind",
I'd quite like to remove Florida, to a depth of 2000m and see if the
improved ocean flow-through reduced the hurricane problem. I think
it's worth a shot, don't you?

It's PD close to sealevel ATM.




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