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That would depend on the size of the lake. One commonly-used measure is "acre-feet", which is the amount of water that would cover an area of one acre, one foot deep. This is equal to 325,851 gallons, which you must admit, is a pretty large number.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere are lots of units used for this.
In S.I. the usual would be cubic meters, although some lakes are large enough to be measured in cubic kilometers.
Other units which are still widely used are gallons, cubic feet, cubic yards and acre-feet.
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∙ 14y ago-- meters (depth or distance across it)
-- liters or cubic meters (volume of water in it)
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∙ 14y agoliters (L)
the unit mostly used for measuring amount of water in lakes and dams.Wiki User
∙ 14y agoCubic kilometers or cubic meters are suitable units for volume.
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∙ 10y agoThe volume of water is usually expressed in milliliters, liters or cubic meters. For a lake, I suggest you use cubic meters.
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∙ 11y agoProbably cubic metres. A litres is too small and only a small percentage of the world's lakes have a volume going into cubic kilometres.
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∙ 14y agoCubic metres.
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∙ 12y agomiles or kilometers
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volume
What metric unit is used to measure the depth of a lake?
Meters
What unit would you to measure the amount of water in a lake?
gallons
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Yes it is
What metric unit measure a distance across Lake Erie?
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What metric unit would you use for the depth of a lake?
Meters
What unit would you measure a lake in?
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What is the mass of water in metric tons?
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