square miles
Land measurement units
Square miles is a unit of area measurement equal to a square one mile on each side, or 640 acres.
It's the standard unit for measuring large land areas in the United States and United Kingdom: The park covers twelve square miles.
Often abbreviated sq mi or mi².
Amount of land owned
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- landEarth's solid surface
- tractArea of land
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
estate · property · domain · region · district · zone · sector · holdings
Units measuring land
- hectaresMetric land measurements
- kilometersMetric distance units
- areaExtent of surface
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
size · magnitude · calculation · conversion · estimation · approximation · surveying · mapping
Lines marking separation
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
province · county · latitude · longitude · altitude · coastline · wilderness · desert
acreage
Amount of land owned
parcel · estate · property · domain · region · district · zone · sector · holdings · expanse
acres
Units measuring land
- hectaresMetric land measurements
- kilometersMetric distance units
- areaExtent of surface
dimension · size · magnitude · calculation · conversion · estimation · approximation · surveying · mapping · census
boundaries
Lines marking separation
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
landscape · province · county · latitude · longitude · altitude · coastline · wilderness · desert · forest
vast
Extremely great in size
extensive · sprawling · expansive · boundless · sweeping · massive · gigantic · colossal · wide · broad
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- geographic datapopulation density, land area, area, highest point, lowest point
- geography termsmap, atlas, globe, compass, coordinates
- Geographic Termsterritory, borders, boundaries, region, zone
square, mile, squares, squared, squaring, squarely, squareness, miles, mileage