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The United States retained the 1 / 39.37 -metre definition for surveying, producing a 2 millionth part difference between standard and US survey inches. [47] This is approximately 1 / 8 inch per mile; 12.7 kilometres is exactly 500,000 standard inches and exactly 499,999 survey inches.
A Canadian football field is 65 yards (59 m) wide and 110 yards (100 m) long with end zones adding a combined 40 yards (37 m) to the length, making it 87,750 square feet (8,152 m 2) or 0.8215 ha (2.030 acres).
Though it has only three major natural lakes, [31] Kentucky is home to many artificial lakes. Kentucky has both the largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi in water volume (Lake Cumberland) and surface area (Kentucky Lake). Kentucky Lake's 2,064 miles (3,322 km) of shoreline, 160,300 acres (64,900 hectares) of water surface, and ...
Many other groups of animals have substantial fractions of species living in soil, e.g. about 30% of insects, and close to 50% of arachnids. [87] While most vertebrates live above ground (ignoring aquatic species), many species are fossorial, that is, they live in soil, such as most blind snakes.
Meade County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,003. [1] Its county seat is Brandenburg. [2] The county was founded December 17, 1823, and named for Captain James M. Meade, who was killed in action at the Battle of River Raisin during the War of 1812.
As of the census [20] of 2000, there were 13,332 people, 5,024 households, and 3,858 families living in the county. The population density was 43 per square mile (17/km 2). There were 5,447 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile (6.9/km 2).
Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. [1] " Nominal" refers to pipe in non-specific terms and identifies the diameter of the hole with a non-dimensional number (for example – 2-inch nominal steel pipe" consists of many varieties of steel pipe with the only criterion being a 2.375-inch (60.3 mm) outside ...
There were 9,909 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile (6.6/km 2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.71% White , 0.75% Black or African American , 0.19% Native American , 0.20% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.45% from other races , and 0.67% from two or more races. 1.01% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of ...