How many liters of water is there in the Pacific Ocean?

Answer

Dear Karst,

The approximate number of liters of water in the Pacific Ocean can be calculated by multiplying the surface area (165 200 000 km²) of the Ocean and the average depth (4280m) together. Then you get 707 056 000 000 000 000 m³. That’s a huge number, of course. We know that 1 m³ is equal to 1000 liters of water, so you end up with 707 056 000 000 000 000 or 707 trillion liters of water in the Pacific Ocean.

Kind regards,

Thomas Vandorpe (Geology, Ghent University)