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How much water flows through your kidney in one day?

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To answer this question you need to know the normal range of Glomerular FIltration Rate of kidney. The normal range is about 90- 120 ml/min/1.73 m^2

Let say that the average is 100ml/min/1.73 m^2 and the human has 1.73m^2 surface area. If you convert it into one day, then the calculation would be:
100 ml/min/1.73 m^2* 60 min/hour * 24 hour/ day * 1.73m^2= 144000 ml/day= 144 liters/day
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