question archive The snowfall from this snowstorm above covered most of IA, northern IL, northern IN, and southern MI
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The snowfall from this snowstorm above covered most of IA, northern IL, northern IN, and southern MI. While some locations in that swath saw over a foot of snow, let's assume the average depth of the snow over this area was 8 inches. If the total area covered by the 8 inch average depth was 72,150 square miles, what percentage of the volume of the Grand Canyon would this amount of snow fill?
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Area of snow cover: 72,150 miles2
Average depth of the snow over this region: 8 inches
Volume of the Grand Canyon: 4.166 x 1012 m3
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