Garibaldi Lake:

Today in math we were asked to calculate the volume of Garibaldi lake and what would happen if the lava dam holding the lake were to break.

Volume: The volume of the lake is Area * Depth so it will be 9, 940, 000 m^2 * 119 m (average depth of the lake) so the average volume of the lake is 1, 182, 860, 000 m^3 or 1.2  * 10^9.

Weight:  If the lava dam were to break almost all the water will flow out of the lake except for the deepest part so my partner and I decided to calculate the weight of the water using the average volume of the lake.  Weight=1000 kg/1 cubic meter of water.  So it’s 1, 182, 860, 000 m^3 * 1000 kg = 1, 182, 860, 000, 000 kg of water in the lake.

If the dam were to break the amount of weight that is released would be equivalent to 162, 036 Eiffel Tower’s, 19, 078, 387 tanks, or the weight of 197, 143, 333 African bush Elephants.