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Definition: A cubic kilometer (symbol: km³) is the volume of a cube with sides of one kilometer. It is an extremely large unit equal to one trillion liters.
History/origin: The cubic kilometer became useful in geography, hydrology, and earth science where lakes, glaciers, and atmospheric volumes are too large for smaller units.
Current use: Cubic kilometers are used for reservoirs, oceans, ice sheets, volcanic material, and other very large natural volumes.
Definition: The cubic mile is a massive volume unit based on a one-mile cube. It is mainly useful for natural systems too large for ordinary volume units.
History/origin: Earth and water sciences adopted mi³ where mile-based geography made large natural volumes easier to describe for US and imperial audiences.
Current use: Mi³ appears in estimates of lake water, aquifers, ice caps, volcanic deposits, ocean basins, and large environmental or geological volumes.
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