: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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The damage is already the worst single forest fire in the country’s history, well surpassing the previous record of 24,000 hectares (59,000 acres) from a fire in March 2000.
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
That’s equal to the amount of carbon absorbed annually by a forest covering 16,000 hectares—roughly 22,400 football fields.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2025
As of Monday morning, the fire was not contained and had burned through more than 1,464 hectares (more than 3,600 acres), the Interior Safety Ministry reported.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Between 1990 and 2020, for example, one province in Sumatra lost 4.63 million hectares of forest, more than the size of Kuwait, the Bahamas and Montenegro combined.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
That’s equal to the amount of carbon absorbed annually by a forest covering 16,000 hectares—roughly 22,400 football fields.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2025
As of Monday morning, the fire was not contained and had burned through more than 1,464 hectares (more than 3,600 acres), the Interior Safety Ministry reported.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Between 1990 and 2020, for example, one province in Sumatra lost 4.63 million hectares of forest, more than the size of Kuwait, the Bahamas and Montenegro combined.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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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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