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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).

  4. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    As a unit of area, a square perch (the perch being standardized to equal 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards) is equal to a square rod, 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 square yards (25.29 square metres) or 1 ⁄ 160 acre. There are 40 square perches to a rood (for example a rectangular area of 40 rods times one rod), and 160 square perches to an acre (for ...

  5. 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] Decimals are also used as a measure of land in West Africa. [ citation needed ]

  6. Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet ... 1 Mile = 80 chains or 5,280 feet. Area Measurement 1 Acre = 10 square chains or 43,560 square feet

  7. Talk:Acre - Wikipedia

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    The actual definition of an acre in the legislation of the countries that use it is in terms of square yards (or maybe square feet). 1 acre is exactly equal to 1/640 of a square mile, but the acre is not defined as 1/640 of a square mile. Indefatigable 16:14, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

  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. Jerib - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In Afghanistan, however, it is standardized at 2,000 square metres (0.49 acres). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The jerib was roughly equivalent to the other customary land measures in south Asia and the Middle East, the Indian bigha and the Sumerian iku , varying between 1,600 and 3,600 square metres (0.40 and 0.89 acres).