square kilometers
Land measurement units
Square kilometers is a metric unit of area equal to one million square meters—the area of a square one kilometer on each side.
Used for measuring land areas, cities, countries, and other large spaces: The park covers twelve square kilometers.
Often abbreviated km² or sq km.
The British spelling is square kilometres.
- hectare10,000 square meters
- landmassContinuous area of ground
- acreLand area measurement
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
land area · total area · parcel · area · surveying · are · geometry · geography · urban planning · city limits · habitat · biome · watershed · size · population density · landscape · surface area · territory
measurement system
square kilometerssquare miles
Units of geographic area
acres · square feet · square yards · hectares · square inches
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