Sverdrupn.
/ˈsvəːdrʊp/ Also Sverdrup unit. A unit of flow equal to one million cubic metres per second.
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Sverdrup unit1963
1963 G. L. Pickard Descriptive Physical Oceanogr. vii. 117 The most commonly used unit for volume transport is ‘one million m3/sec’..referred to as ‘one sverdrup’.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. Mar. 58/2 Fifty Sverdrup units of flow approach the east coast of Mindanao in the Philippines and half of this volume turns north into the Kuroshio.
1977 J. D. MacDonald Condominium xxxiv. 341 The..total flow of all the rivers of the world combined..is two sverdrups.
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