acre-foot 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. The price for farmers there is a flat rate of $19 per acre-foot, or $19 for 3 851 gallons of water.

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