square kilometre
Metric land measure
A square kilometre (or square kilometer in American English) is a unit of area equal to one million square metres, or the area of a square measuring one kilometre on each side.
It is commonly used to measure land areas, cities, countries, and other large geographic regions.
The national park covers about 500 square kilometres.
The abbreviation is km² or sq km.
Creating geographic representations
- GISSpatial data framework
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- scaleMeasure of relative size
atlas · contour · surveying · geospatial · boundary · coordinates · satellite · aerial
Earth's solid surface
- terrainLand's physical features
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- zoneBounded area designation
district · expanse · tract · parcel · domain · sector · coverage · footprint
cartography
Creating geographic representations
- GISSpatial data framework
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
scale · atlas · contour · surveying · geospatial · boundary · coordinates · satellite · aerial · overlay
land
Earth's solid surface
zone · district · expanse · tract · parcel · domain · sector · coverage · footprint · plot
hectare
10,000 square meters
size · scale · magnitude · extent · quantity · proportion · volume · capacity · calculate · compute
topography
Physical feature mapping
valley · delta · peninsula · continent · biome · ecosystem · elevation · altitude · watershed · basin
square kilometresquare centimetre
Metric unit of area
square inch · square metre · square foot · acre · square mile
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