square kilometer
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And then the second definition, or threshold, is that it needs to be at least 0.01 square kilometer.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025
One female had a home range that was less than a square kilometer, while another female’s range straddling L.A. and San Bernardino counties spanned 114 square kilometers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Several thousand sensors distributed over a square kilometer near the South Pole are tasked with answering one of the large outstanding questions in physics: does quantum gravity exist?
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
While scientists could once find 6,000 axolotls on average per square kilometer in Mexico, there are now only 36, according to the National Autonomous university’s latest census.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023
This is a rather high figure for a barbarian group of nations, although 10 inhabitants to the square kilometer or 550 to the geographical square mile is very little when compared to present conditions.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
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