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  2. Vergée - Wikipedia

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    The surveying perch measured 22 French feet. In French North America, it was also equal to 25 square perches, but the royal perch of 18 feet was used, yielding a vergée of 8100 square feet (854.7 m 2) In Guernsey, a vergée (Guernésiais: vergie) is 17,640 square feet (1,639 m 2). It is 40 (square) Guernsey perches.

  3. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  4. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre [2] or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains , or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod).

  5. California wants to harness more than half its land to combat ...

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    The plan also calls for 11.9 million acres of forestland to be managed for biodiversity protection, carbon storage and water supply protection by 2045, and 2.7 million acres of shrublands and ...

  6. Farming, lifeblood of Central California, has changed since ...

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    Kings County had the largest acreage in cotton in 2022 at just under 50,000, followed by about 33,300 acres in Merced County, about 32,600 acres in Fresno County, fewer than 10,000 acres in Kern ...

  7. Acre - Wikipedia

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    1 acre (both variants) is equal to the following customary units: 66 feet × 660 feet (43,560 square feet) 10 square chains (1 chain = 66 feet = 22 yards = 4 rods = 100 links) 1 acre is approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet (a square) 4,840 square yards; 43,560 square feet; 160 perches. A perch is equal to a square rod (1 square rod is 0. ...

  8. California Water Commision unveils 5-year plan to boost ... - AOL

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    However, very few think that the government can properly handle California’s water woes. The plan outlines the Commission’s goals for the next five years - continue to operate as the ...

  9. Big Sur land use - Wikipedia

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    The plan states that region is to be preserved as "open space, a small residential community, and agricultural ranching." [3] The plan was approved in 1981 and is one of the most restrictive local use programs in the state, [1] [22] and is widely regarded as one of the most restrictive documents of its kind anywhere. [2]