# 8 acres, 200 inches of rain a year, gallons?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 21, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-acres-200-inches-of-rain-a-year-gallons/696146 "2014-08-21T22:10:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-acres-200-inches-of-rain-a-year-gallons/696146/21 "2014-08-22T20:03:22Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Because the rain might not be falling straight down. In the extreme case, suppose that your property, on a two-dimensional map, encompasses only a narrow strip… but that that narrow strip is right along a sheer cliff face. If the rain is falling into that cliff face, you could get a lot more than your acreage times the rainfall depth.

OK…bit of a stretch there but I see where you are coming from.

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