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second-foot day

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: second-foot day
(′sek·ənd ¦fu̇t ′dā)

(hydrology) The volume of water represented by a flow of 1 cubic foot per second for 24 hours; equal to 86,400 cubic feet (approximately 2446.58 cubic meters); used extensively as a unit of runoff volume or reservoir capacity, particularly in the eastern United States.


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