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  2. Acre-foot - Wikipedia

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    As the name suggests, an acre-foot is defined as the volume of one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot. Since an acre is defined as a chain by a furlong (i.e. 66 ft × 660 ft or 20.12 m × 201.17 m), an acre-foot is 43,560 cubic feet (1,233.5 m 3). There has been two definitions of the acre-foot (differing by about 0.0006%), using ...

  3. Template:Convert/list of units/area - Wikipedia

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    mm 2: US spelling: square millimeter: 1.0 mm 2 (0.0016 sq in) mm2 sqin; non-SI metric: hectare: ha Q35852: ha equivalent to one square hectometre 1.0 ha (2.5 acres) Imperial & US customary: square mile: sqmi Q232291: sq mi 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km 2) sqmi km2; acre: acre Q81292 (none) 1.0 acre (0.40 ha) square yard: sqyd Q1550511: sq yd 1.0 sq yd (0. ...

  4. Acre - Wikipedia

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    One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.

  5. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    While modern India uses the metric system International ... 12 kulies = 1 lacham; 24 lachams = 1 acre; Units of ancient trade ... 2 muḝam = 1 yard = 3 feet = 1 yard ...

  6. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal).

  7. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    Conversions between units in the metric system are defined by their prefixes (for example, 1 kilogram = 1000 grams, 1 milligram = 0.001 grams) and are thus not listed in this article. Exceptions are made if the unit is commonly known by another name (for example, 1 micron = 10 −6 metre).

  8. Talk:Acre-foot - Wikipedia

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    If you are going to grow rice in a dry area, you need one acre-foot of water to flood a one acre rice field one foot deep with water. Or the equivalent of 12 inches of rainfall.Eregli bob 14:15, 23 August 2013 (UTC) If you are growing rice in a wet area, it still takes an acre-foot of water to flood a 1 acre field to a depth of 1 foot.

  9. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

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    1 /5th of a killa or acre is known as bigha 1 Karam = 5.5 feet = 1.83; or Gaj; 1 Yard or Gaj = 36 Inch = 0.91 Metre = 3 feet; 1 Sq Yard = 9 Sq Feet; To convert Sq feet to Sq Yard = Divide by 9; 1 Marla is 25 Sq metres (272.25 sq feet) [5] 1 Kanal is 605 sq Yard (5445 sq feet) 1 Acre is 4840 Sq Yard