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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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).

  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 humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The nanoacre is a unit of real estate on a very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip equal to 0.00627264 sq in (4.0468564224 mm 2) or the area of a square of side length 0.0792 in (2.01168 mm). VLSI nanoacres have similar total costs to acres in Silicon Valley.

  7. Decimal (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A decimal is one hundredth of an acre of land, [2] and is equal to 48.4 square yards or 435.6 square feet (40.47 m 2). [1] ... Decimal to Square Feet Calculator

  8. Ankanam - Wikipedia

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    An Ankanam is a unit of measure similar to an acre.It is used mainly in regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Nellore, Anekal, Bengaluru and Tirupati.An Ankanam is measured as 72 sq ft (6.7 m 2), (mostly in the Nellore District) and, in some places (such as Tirupati), 36 sq ft (3.3 m 2).

  9. 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.