Although the distance seems great, these areas are only separated by approximately 25 miles of water.

He looked across the three miles of water toward the shore, getting his bearings.

Eight miles of water whipped past with each passing minute.

This meant that they must cover four miles of water, while we covered three.

Half a mile of water, and not a drop fit for drinking.

How far until you've got a mile of water under your feet?

It was finally decided that the other world had once been entirely under two to twenty-five miles of water.

Slowly the wagons make their way across the miles of water.

In all, the researchers say, at least 25,000 cubic miles of water would have cut through the landscape.

"If you call a thousand square miles of open water small."