acre-feet in English
noun
1
a unit of volume equal to the volume of a sheet of water one acre (0.405 hectare) in area and one foot (30.48 cm) in depth; 43,560 cubic feet (1233.5 cu m).
At $5 to $15 for an acre-foot (enough water to cover an acre of ground with a foot of water), farmers are able to grow water-intensive crops such as alfalfa, cotton, and rice.
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1. Acrasias acrasin acrasins: acraspeda acrasy acratic acrawl acre-foot acre feet acre foot acre inch acreable acreage: Literary usage of Acrasia
2. Consumptive use definition is - the total seasonal water loss from an area of land due to plant growth and evaporation usually being expressed in acre-feet.
3. These Aquifers are a critical source of water for Texas, supplying 62 percent of the 13.7 million acre-feet of water used in the state in 2014.