Hectare
/ˈhekter/noun
A unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, used in measuring land.
The field is an estimated five hectares in size.
Often appears as...
- hectares of land
- square hectare
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noun
A unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, used in measuring land.
The field is an estimated five hectares in size.
Often appears as...
- hectares of land
- square hectare
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Land Measurement
Used primarily for measuring large areas of land like farms or parks.
The new solar farm covers approximately 100 hectares.
Pro Tip 2/3Metric System
Part of the metric system, so it's commonly used in countries that follow this system.
European countries often use hectares to measure their agricultural plots.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparison with Acres
Not to be confused with acres; one hectare equals about 2.47 acres.
They sold a piece of land that was just over 2 hectares, or about 5 acres.
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acre
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Michael Porter: Why...
per hectare of pulp and making much more paper than you could make by cutting down those old trees. You see companies like Cisco that are training so far four million people in I.T. skills to actually, yes, be responsible, but help expand the opportunity to disseminate I.T. technology
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The global movement to...
And this suggested that outside of urban and agricultural areas, there's 0.9 billion hectares where trees would naturally exist. And this is room for just over one trillion new trees. We estimated that if we could protect these areas in the long term, then the soils and vegetation
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From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
petroleum as fuel for the transformation this up on the Palouse but here's what I really want you to remember about this when you think about world food supply even today with that mega agriculture peasants small farmers on farms of two hectares or less still grow more than
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Avoiding desertification...
methane has put out nobody eats meat we still have no option if you want to address climate change you have to address the certification and only livestock properly handled can do it no technology imaginable can so give us a scale how many hectares or acres or
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How we can detect pretty...
Likewise, DNA metabarcoding can be used to monitor biodiversity. For example, using traditional approaches, categorizing all of the insects in a hectare of rainforest can take decades. But DNA from insect traps could yield these results in just a few months.
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Why did the Ancient...
hectares so you have to link them up exactly and how you're doing well one thing that we try to do is actually reestablish the rainforest in between these fragments by planting trees that we actually raised in this nursery here
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Best Of Attenborough And...
we actually raise in this nursery here from the seeds that we collect in the forest and and how's it going how many are you replanting well we now have replanted an area of about a thousand hectares you have
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Poachers Try to Capture...
with help from charitable donations maria is building a bespoke rehabilitation center we now have a permanent home it's about 300 hectares so we've got enough room for our animals to move
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What if there were 1...
By combining it with climate and soil data and excluding areas necessary for human use, they determined Earth could support nearly one billion hectares of additional forest.
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Dive with Giant Manta...
million hectares of ocean were protected here an area larger than the state of New York I hope to see more marine protected areas in the future and to my work I
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Michael Porter: Why...
per hectare of pulp and making much more paper than you could make by cutting down those old trees. You see companies like Cisco that are training so far four million people in I.T. skills to actually, yes, be responsible, but help expand the opportunity to disseminate I.T. technology
Video examples
The global movement to...
And this suggested that outside of urban and agricultural areas, there's 0.9 billion hectares where trees would naturally exist. And this is room for just over one trillion new trees. We estimated that if we could protect these areas in the long term, then the soils and vegetation
Video examples
From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
petroleum as fuel for the transformation this up on the Palouse but here's what I really want you to remember about this when you think about world food supply even today with that mega agriculture peasants small farmers on farms of two hectares or less still grow more than
Video examples
Avoiding desertification...
methane has put out nobody eats meat we still have no option if you want to address climate change you have to address the certification and only livestock properly handled can do it no technology imaginable can so give us a scale how many hectares or acres or
Video examples
How we can detect pretty...
Likewise, DNA metabarcoding can be used to monitor biodiversity. For example, using traditional approaches, categorizing all of the insects in a hectare of rainforest can take decades. But DNA from insect traps could yield these results in just a few months.
Video examples
Why did the Ancient...
hectares so you have to link them up exactly and how you're doing well one thing that we try to do is actually reestablish the rainforest in between these fragments by planting trees that we actually raised in this nursery here
Video examples
Best Of Attenborough And...
we actually raise in this nursery here from the seeds that we collect in the forest and and how's it going how many are you replanting well we now have replanted an area of about a thousand hectares you have
Video examples
Poachers Try to Capture...
with help from charitable donations maria is building a bespoke rehabilitation center we now have a permanent home it's about 300 hectares so we've got enough room for our animals to move
Video examples
What if there were 1...
By combining it with climate and soil data and excluding areas necessary for human use, they determined Earth could support nearly one billion hectares of additional forest.
Video examples
Dive with Giant Manta...
million hectares of ocean were protected here an area larger than the state of New York I hope to see more marine protected areas in the future and to my work I
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Jean Reno
French Actor
My plat de resistance is potato salad with garlic and olive oil which we press from the olives from my trees in the grounds of my home near St Remy de Provence. I have four hectares and take the olives down to the local community press at Maussane les Alpilles. I don't produce big quantities; it is just for the family and friends.
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Dries van Noten
Belgian Designer
The garden is my second profession. It's 22 hectares, which is a big garden. I really need it, going from the flower garden, the shrubs and the trees, the vegetable garden, all these things.
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Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
Why, when India's agricultural products are among the cheapest in the world despite a low yield per hectare, are we not able to double the production and export the products abroad?
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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
Farmers in rain-fed, dry areas such as Vidarbha and parts of Andhra Pradesh may own several hectares of land but their farm produce depends on the vagaries of the monsoon.
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Facundo Pieres
Argentinian Athlete
In Argentina, we're surrounded by polo ponies. The farm covers roughly 170 hectares, and there are no cattle or sheep, just horses.
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Jean Reno
French Actor
My plat de resistance is potato salad with garlic and olive oil which we press from the olives from my trees in the grounds of my home near St Remy de Provence. I have four hectares and take the olives down to the local community press at Maussane les Alpilles. I don't produce big quantities; it is just for the family and friends.
Quote examples
Dries van Noten
Belgian Designer
The garden is my second profession. It's 22 hectares, which is a big garden. I really need it, going from the flower garden, the shrubs and the trees, the vegetable garden, all these things.
Quote examples
Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
Why, when India's agricultural products are among the cheapest in the world despite a low yield per hectare, are we not able to double the production and export the products abroad?
Quote examples
M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
Farmers in rain-fed, dry areas such as Vidarbha and parts of Andhra Pradesh may own several hectares of land but their farm produce depends on the vagaries of the monsoon.
Quote examples
Facundo Pieres
Argentinian Athlete
In Argentina, we're surrounded by polo ponies. The farm covers roughly 170 hectares, and there are no cattle or sheep, just horses.
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