"acre foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acre feet [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|acre feet}} acre foot (plural acre feet)
  1. (US, engineering, agriculture) A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot (that is, to the amount of water required to cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot), which is 43,560 cubic feet, 325,851 gallons, 1,233 cubic meters. Tags: US Categories (topical): Agriculture, Engineering, Units of measure

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