Acre Inch (Noun)
Meaning
One twelfth of an acre-foot.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- An acre-inch is a unit of volume equal to one twelfth of an acre-foot, commonly used to measure irrigation water.
- The farmer carefully calculated the acre-inch of water needed to irrigate his crops for the season.
- One acre-inch of water is equivalent to about 27,154 gallons, a significant amount for a small farm.
- The water district measured the reservoir's capacity in acre-inches to determine the available supply for the dry summer months.
- The hydrologist converted the rainfall data from inches to acre-inches to better understand the impact on the local water table.