Conversion of Metric Units to English Units

Metric Unit	To English Unit	Multiply Metric Unit By:
millimeter -- mm	inch	0.03937
meter -- m	foot	3.28084
meter -- m	yard	1.09361
kilometer -- km	mile	0.62137
square meters -- m2	square yard	1.19599
hectare -- ha (10,000 m2 )	acre	2.47105
square kilometer -- km2	square mile	0.38610
liter -- L	quart	1.05669
liter -- L	gallon	0.26417
gram -- g	ounce	0.03527
kilogram -- kg	pound	2.20462
degree Celsius -- C	Farenheit	(Tc x 1.8) +32 (Tc = Temp Celsius)
meter per second -- m/s	feet per second	3.28084
kilometer per hour -- km/h	miles per hour	0.62137

Metric Equivalents for Various Units of Measure

1 acre = 0.404686 hectares
1,000 acres = 404.686 hectares
1 board foot = 0.00348 cubic meters
1,000 board feet = 3.48 cubic meters
1 cubic foot = 0.028317cubic meters
1,000 cubic feet = 28.317 cubic meters

Breast height = 1.4 meters, or 4 1/2 feet, above ground level

Although 1,000 board feet is theoretically equivalent to 2.36 cubic meters, this is true only when a board foot is actually a piece of wood with a volume 1/12 of cubic foot. The conversion given here, 3.48 cubic meters, is based on the cubic volume of a log 16 feet long and 15 inches in diameter inside bark at the small end.

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