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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.
A pond is smaller than a lake [1] and there are no official criteria distinguishing the two, although defining a pond to be less than 5 hectares (12 acres) in area, less than 5 metres (16 ft) in depth and with less than 30% of its area covered by emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing the ecology of ponds from those of lakes and wetlands.
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).
Sunset Park Pond is around 1.4 acres (5,700 m 2) in surface area and 10 to 12 feet (3.7 m) deep.It is home to various species of water fowl and fish. Sunset Park Pond features a giant stone Moai, of the type found in Easter Island, Chile, carved of stone originally for the Aku Aku Restaurant, where it stood at the restaurant's entrance at the Stardust Hot
The west end of the second pond is 800 yards (730 m) south of the overflow from the south end of the lower basin of the first pond. The east end of the second pond overflows into the third pond 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east. [2] The second pond is the shallowest of the chain, and offers the least favorable habitat for brook trout.
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Sixth Roach Pond overflows into Third Roach Pond 500 yards (460 m) to the south, and receives drainage from Seventh Roach Pond 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) to the east in Maine township A, range 11. [2] The 33-acre (13 ha) Seventh Roach Pond is 10 feet (3.0 m) deep and white sucker keep the pond turbid by feeding on the muddy bottom.
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