Square kilometre

From TheBestLinks.com

Square kilometre (symbol km²) is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units.

1 km² is equal to:

• the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side
• 1 000 000 m²
• 100 hectares
• 0.386 102 square miles (statute)
• 247.105 381 acres

Conversely:

• 1 m² = 0.000 001 km²
• 1 hectare = 0.01 km²
• 1 square mile = 2.589 988 km²
• 1 acre = 0.004 047 km²

The 1 E6 m² orders of magnitude page gives comparisons with geographic areas.

hectare << square kilometre << square megametre

See also

• Conversion of units.

External links

• Conversion of English and American area units to metric units (http://www.sengpielaudio.com/ConvArea.htm)
• Conversion calculator for units of area (Cleave Books) (http://www.ex.ac.uk/trol/scol/index.htm)

af:Vierkante kilometer ca:Quilòmetre quadrat da:Kvadratkilometer de:Quadratkilometer es:Kilómetro cuadrado eo:kvadrata kilometro fi:Neliökilometri fr:Kilomètre carré he:קילומטר רבוע hu:Négyzetkilométer ja:平方キロメートル lb:Km² nl:Vierkante kilometer sl:kvadratni kilometer sv:Kvadratkilometer tt:Quadrat kilometer zh:平方公里

Related links

---

Top visited 0 of 0 links

[no links posted yet]

>> place link >>

Discussion

Last posted 0 of 0 messages

[no messages posted yet]

>> post message >>

Watch

You can add this article to your own "watchlist" and receive e-mail notification about all changes in this page.