CLYDE SEA AREA. 



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Table XXX. 

 Quantitative Salinity of Clyde Sea Area. 



Basin. 



Per cent. 



Low Tide 

 Volume. 



Low Tide 

 Volume 



Low Tide 

 Volume 



Percentage 



Weight 



Sea-Salts. 



Tons. 



Weight 

 River- 





Sea Water 



Cubic Sea 



Sea Water. 



River Water. 



Sea-Salts. 



' Salts. 





by Vol. 



Miles. 



C. S. M. 



C. S. M. 





Tons. 



Gareloch, . 



89-6 



0-0240 



00215 



00025 



3-136 



4,850,000 



625 



Loch Goil, . . 



923 



0-0372 



0-0344 



0-0028 



3-230 



7,760,000 



700 



Loch Long, . . 



92-2 



0-0326 



0-0301 



0-0025 



3-227 



6,790,000 



625 



Loch Strivan, 



94-3 



0-1619 



0-1527 



0-0092 



3-300 



34,530,000 



2,300 



Holy Loch, . 



91-0 



0-0107 



0-0097 



o-ooio 



3-185 



2,190,000 



250 



Dunoon Basin, . 



93-5 



0-7378 



0-6899 



0-0479 



3-272 



165,700,000 



11,900 



Loch Ridun and ) 

 Kyles, . . j 

















94-6 



0-0971 



0-0917 



0-0054 



3-311 



20,690,000 



1,350 



Loch Fyne, . . 



93-3 



0-4981 



0-4647 



00334 



3-266 



105,950,000 



8,350 



Arran Basin, . 



96-0 



18-0372 



17-3156 



0-7216 



3-360 



3,910,000,000 



180,400 



Plateau, . 



96-9 



5-7997 



5-6200 



0-1797 



3-391 



1,269,850,000 



45,000 



Channel, . . . 



97-7 





... 





3-420 





... 



Estuary (est.), . 



50-0 



0-1089 



0-0544 



0-0545 



1-750 



12,480,000 



13,600 



Total, excluding 1 

 Channel, . j 



95-8 



25-5452 



24-4847 



1-0605 



3353 



5,540,790,000 



265,100 



Total Landward \ 

















Division, in- I 

 eluding Es- ( 



90-7 



1-7083 



1-5491 



0-1592 



3-175 



360,940,000 



39,700 



tuary, . . J 



Total Seaward \ 



Division, . j 

















96-2 



23-8369 



22-9356 



0-9013 



3-367 



5,179,850,000 



225,400 



Pure Ocean,. . 



100-0 



• ■ • 



... 



• • • 



3-500 



... 





Landward Divi- "J 

















sion, exclud- > 



93-5 



1-5994 



1-4947 



0-1047 



3-272 



348,460,000 



26,100 



ing Estuary, J 

















Normal Land- ) 

 ward, . . . j 



90-3 



1-7083 



1-5426 



0-1657 



3-161 



347,730,000 



41,400 



Normal Seaward, 



95-9 



23-8369 



22-8641 



0-9728 



3-355 



5,161,790,000 



243,200 



Normal Total, . 



95-5 



25-5452 



24-4067 



1-1385 



3-343 



5,509 520,000 



284,600 



Table XXX. gives the result of this calculation, and the quantities of salts present 

 deduced from the proportion of sea water aud fresh water. The following constants were 

 employed in the calculation : — One cubic sea mile (sea mile = 6080 feet) of fresh water, at 

 15°-56 C, weighs 6,261,000,000 tons, and supposing it to contain 3 grains in the gallon, 

 or 0*004 per cent, of dissolved salts, these salts weigh 250,000 tons. One cubic sea mile 

 of standard sea water, of density 1 '02600, at 15° # 56, weighs 6,422,000,000 tons, and 

 contains 3*5 per cent, or 225,770,000 tons of salts.* 



* For comparison with other calculations it is well to point out that a cubic mile (statute mile = 5280 feet) of fresh 

 water weighs 4,100,000,000 tons, and a cubic mile of sea water, 1-0260 density, weighs 4,206,000,000 tons, both at 15°-56. 

 1 cubic sea mile is equal to 4 - 16 cubic kilometres. , • - •■ 



