Acre-foot
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The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume equal to about 1,233 m3 commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water,[1] and river flows.
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acre-foot | |
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Unit system | US Customary units |
Unit of | Volume |
Symbol | ac⋅ft |
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1 ac⋅ft in ... | ... is equal to ... |
SI units | ≈ 1,233.5 m3 |
US customary units | 43,560 cu ft |
US customary units | ≈ 325,850 US gal |
Imperial units | ≈ 271,330 imp gal |
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An acre-foot equals approximately an eight-lane swimming pool, 82 ft (25 m) long, 52 ft (16 m) wide and 9.8 ft (3 m) deep.