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In 1869, the North German Confederation fixed the morgen at a one-quarter hectare (2,500 m 2), [1] but in modern times most farmland work is measured in full hectares. The next lower measurement unit was the German "rute" or Imperial rod , but the metric rod length of 5 metres (16 ft) never became popular.
House on a block in Adelaide, South Australia. In Australian and New Zealand English, a quarter acre is a term for a suburban plot of land. Traditionally, Australians and New Zealanders aspired to own a 3- or 4-bedroom house or bungalow on a section of around a quarter of an acre (about 1,000 square metres), also known locally as the Australian Dream or the New Zealand dream.
The units by which the yield of a crop is usually measured today are kilograms per hectare or bushels per acre.. Long-term cereal yields in the United Kingdom were some 500 kg/ha in Medieval times, jumping to 2000 kg/ha in the Industrial Revolution, and jumping again to 8000 kg/ha in the Green Revolution. [1]
One vara was equal to 0.836 m. Some ... 1 manzana = 10,000 vara 2 = 1.727 acres = 6,989 m 2 ≈ .7 hectare. 1 labor = 1 million vara 2. 1 legua ...
The unit is still in use in many areas previously ruled by the Ottomans, although the new or metric dunam has been redefined as exactly one decare (1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft)), which is 1/10 hectare (1/10 × 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft)), like the modern Greek royal stremma.
The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. [1] It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies.
A pari was customary unit of area equal to 50×60 sana lamjel in Manipur, India, approximately 1 hectare. A sana lamjel was defined by the ruler of the kingdom, Nongda Lairen Pakhangpa in 33 CE, being equal to the distance from the floor to the tips of the fingers of his raised right hand while standing (a fathom), plus 4 fingerwidths.
10 jareeb = 1 acre = 4840 square yard; 25 acres = 1 marabba ... Conversion of units; Acre-foot; Acre; Acre (Scots) Hectare; References This page was last edited on ...