: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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Their overwintering area has diminished to just 0.9 hectares (approximately 2.22 acres), a critical metric for estimating sustainable populations.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Clandestine logging was only in 3.7 hectares, and it was distributed.
—Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2024
The King, a longtime campaigner on climate change, also visited CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, to talk to firefighters about combating the bush fires which devastate millions of hectares of Australian land each year.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The exclusive island paradise is located 5 km (3.1 miles) from the mainland Saudi coast and measures 83 hectares (207 acres).
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2024
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Clandestine logging was only in 3.7 hectares, and it was distributed.
—Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2024
The King, a longtime campaigner on climate change, also visited CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, to talk to firefighters about combating the bush fires which devastate millions of hectares of Australian land each year.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The exclusive island paradise is located 5 km (3.1 miles) from the mainland Saudi coast and measures 83 hectares (207 acres).
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2024
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hectare
noun
hect·are
ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r 
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system
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