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Flood needs water. The earth has a lot of seawater. This satisfies the first requirement.
Of course, there are other requirements. But, in the solar system, the earth is the only place allows a global flood.Admit that first. This eliminates the statement: the global flood is impossible.
According to a "Oceanography", Paul Pinet, ®1992, West publishing Company, all the seas and oceans combined contain 1.36 million km³ of water.
Taking the Mount Everest at 8 kilometers, and the Earth radius at 6371 km, the volume of the shell, to cover the entire water is given by:
V= 4/3 * Pi* (R³-r³)
Filling in the numbers give a required volume of water of 4 083 570 535 km³. That's more than 4 billion km³. So your claim that there is plenty of water to cover the earth falls short.
Edit: I checked and double checked, the textbook above really says 1.3 million km³. but at least two online sources say 1.3 billion km³
Ocean's Depth and Volume Revealed
Volumes of the World's Oceans from ETOPO1 | NCEI
That is still 4 times more than there is water on earth.
Edited by driewerf, : No reason given.
Edited by driewerf, : No reason given.