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Death Valley is 282’ below sea level. Would it offset the rising ocean to build a canal and create the Death Valley Sea?

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How much would ocean levels drop if we dug a canal to drain into, say, Death Valley?

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Gravitational force is infinite in range. Over a certain distance, it is halved, then halved again… At some distant point, it reaches a Planck unit of space; how can it “reach” past half a Planck unit if such units are considered the smallest possible?

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Death Valley is 282’ below sea level. Would it offset the rising ocean to build a canal and create the Death Valley Sea?	7714
How much would ocean levels drop if we dug a canal to drain into, say, Death Valley?	1
Gravitational force is infinite in range. Over a certain distance, it is halved, then halved again… At some distant point, it reaches a Planck unit of space; how can it “reach” past half a Planck unit if such units are considered the smallest possible?	1