Multiplying Negative na Po Ericka observed the total variation in the water level over 6.2 years to be -13.64 mm. She compared this to the average annual trend, which shows the water level rising 1.8 mm/year. Remember, she used 6.2 years as her time period. What is the difference between how much average water levels rose and how much the water level fell in the part of the river she observed? millimeters.