Here is how one reference describes it [1]: Sea-floor spreading is driven by crust formation along the mid-ocean ridges, meandering undersea mountain ranges that span Earth like the seams of a baseball. Oceanic crust is continually produced by magma welling up along the centerlines of the mid-ocean ridges.
Watering the grass every single day for 15 minutes. This turns the lawn into a shallow-rooted water junkie that demands a water fix every day just to soldier on. Instead of watering shallowly every day for 15 minutes, water deeply once a week for an hour or so (or how ever long it takes to apply an inch of water). Your lawn will be healthier and more drought-tolerant.
Run your sprinklers for 15 minutes. Use a ruler to measure the depth of water in each can. Add all the numbers, and then divide by the number of cans to find the average output. This average number is your sprinkler number. It is the average amount of water your sprinklers apply in 15 minutes.