By “smoothing out” I mean flattening all mountains and filling all trenches so that the entire earth has exactly the same radius everwhere. Water naturally spreads out equally on such a surface, so how high would the water level be?
By “smoothing out” I mean flattening all mountains and filling all trenches so that the entire earth has exactly the same radius everwhere. Water naturally spreads out equally on such a surface, so how high would the water level be?
This is close, if you haven’t seen it. It plays off of the “earth is smoother than a bowling ball” thing that’s almost true but turns it around:
https://what-if.xkcd.com/46/