hectare

or hek·tare

[ hek-tair ]

noun

1. a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, are, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. : ha

hectare

/ ˈhɛktɑː /

noun

1. one hundred ares. 1 hectare is equivalent to 10 000 square metres or 2.471 acres ha

Word History and Origins

Origin of hectare¹

From French, dating back to 1800–10; hect-, are ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hectare¹

C19: from French; see hecto- , are ²

Example Sentences

Having a sustainable lawn that attracts and supports pollinator populations is crucial as the number of bee colonies per hectare has declined by 90 percent since 1962, according to Greenpeace USA.

From Popular-Science

The group investigated a plantation of willow trees in Quebec and found that the lovely, weepy trees were able to filter over 30 million liters of primary wastewater per hectare in the course of three years.

From Popular-Science

These forests can stock away more than five times as much carbon per hectare as most other terrestrial forests.

From Science News

The three cenotes each had “massive” amounts of soil organic carbon, the researchers report, averaging about 1,500 metric tons per hectare.

From Science News

Each year in California, thousands of wildfires ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land.

From Science News

It has been estimated that the labour of 19.8 persons (200 per hectare) is needed for a tambu of mulberry field.

From Project Gutenberg

And land so employed is very often let on leases of three, six, or nine years, at thirty-five pounds a hectare.

From Project Gutenberg

The sale was to be effected at the figure of 10 francs per hectare—about 3s.

From Project Gutenberg

The ordinary unit of land area is the Hectare (about 2-1/2 acres).

From Project Gutenberg

Linant Bey computed that twenty-nine cubic mètres per day sufficed to irrigate a hectare in the Delta.

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