square kilometres
Land measurement blocks
Square kilometres are units of area measurement in the metric system, each equal to one million square metres—a square one kilometre on each side.
The unit measures large areas like cities, countries, or forests: The park covers 500 square kilometres.
Also spelled square kilometers.
Abbreviated km² or sq km.
Metric land measurements
- acresUnits measuring land
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- extentRange or magnitude
- dimensionsMeasurable spatial extents
land area · scale · magnitude · quantity · size · footprint · acreage · surface area
Land under jurisdiction
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- provinceRegional administrative district
- terrainLand's physical features
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
boundary · coordinates · latitude · longitude · cartography · surveying · demarcation · topography
hectares
Metric land measurements
land area · dimensions · scale · magnitude · quantity · size · footprint · acreage · surface area · capacity
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- provinceRegional administrative district
- terrainLand's physical features
landscape · boundary · coordinates · latitude · longitude · cartography · surveying · demarcation · topography · map
tract
Area of land
property · expanse · terrain · ground · field · reserve · wilderness · parkland · farmland · watershed
vast
Extremely great in size
sprawling · sweeping · enormous · massive · huge · boundless · broad · wide · spacious · ample
square kilometreskilometres
Metric distance units
metres · miles · cubic metres · volume · length
square kilometressquare miles
Units of geographic area
acres · square yards · square feet · hectares · square inches
square, kilometre, kilometres, kilometer, kilometers, squared, squares, squaring, squarely