Water-Supply Paper 2502
Contents -- continued
CONVERSION FACTORS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND VERTICAL DATUM
| Multiply |
by |
To obtain |
| acre |
4,047 |
square meter |
| acre-foot (acre-ft) |
1,233 |
cubic meter |
| cubic foot per second (ft³/s) |
0.02832 |
cubic meter per second |
| cubic foot per second per square mile [( ft³/s)/ mi²] |
0.01093 |
cubic meter per second per square kilometer |
| foot (ft) |
0.3048 |
meter |
| foot per hour (ft/hr) |
0.3048 |
meter per hour |
| foot per second (ft/s |
0.3048 |
meter per second |
| gallon (gal) |
3.785 |
liter |
| inch (in) |
25.4 |
millimeter |
| inch per day (in/d) |
25.4 |
millimeter per day |
| inch per hour (in/hr) |
25.4 |
millimeter per hour |
| inch per year (in/yr) |
25.4 |
millimeter per year |
| mile (mi) |
1.609 |
kilometer |
| mile per hour (mi/hr) |
1.609 |
kilometer per hour |
| square foot (ft&ssup2;) |
0.9290 |
square meter |
| square mile (mi²) |
2.590 |
square kilometer |
| yard (yd) |
0.9144 |
meter |
Temperature can be converted to degrees Celsius (°C) or degrees Fahrenheit (°F) by
the equations:
°C = 5/9 (°F - 32)
°F = 9/5 (°C) + 32.
Sea level: In this report, "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929-a
geodetic datum derived from a general adjustment of the first-order
level nets of the United
States and Canada, formerly called Sea Level Datum of 1929.
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