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The hectare (/ ˈhɛktɛər, - tɑːr /; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100- metre sides (1 hm 2), that is, 10,000 square metres (10,000 m 2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre.
The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area. 1 km 2 is equal to: 1,000,000 square metres (m 2) 100 hectares (ha) It is also approximately equal to: 0.3861 square miles [2] 247.1 acres [3] Conversely: 1 m 2 = 0.000001 (10 −6) km 2.
List of countries and dependencies by area. Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which ...
Total area is 17,035,650 km2 when including Siberia or North Asia (13,083,100 km2).[ 3 ] ^ Includes Crimea (26,945 km2) and other territory annexed by Russia but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.[ 4 ] ^ Mainland France (535,261 km2) and Corsica (8,680 km2) comprise European France or Metropolitan France.
List of islands by area. Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.
This article includes the table with land use statistics by country.Countries are ranked by their total cultivated land area, which is the sum of the total arable land area and total area of permanent crops.
More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%). [2] Many of the world's forests are being damaged and degraded or are disappearing altogether. Their capacity to provide tangible goods, such as ...
Wildfires have burned through 40,000 hectares (400 square kilometers) of Argentina's central farming region of Cordoba, according to officials, leaving charred cattle, houses, forests and fields ...