: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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This adds six hectares of space to Monaco’s existing 208 hectares (a space only about two-thirds the size of New York’s Central Park), which brings the amount of land Monaco has added over the past sixty years to roughly 25% of the principality’s total size.
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Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The new numbers come from a periodic review of satellite and aircraft data on select water bodies and glacial lakes—which sit directly adjacent to glaciers—larger than 10 hectares in the four Himalayan nations: India, China, Nepal, and Bhutan.
—Byathar Parvaiz, science.org, 2 Dec. 2024
The Sun Urban City project will cover around 420 hectares of land and is in Lam Ha Ward, Phu Ly City, Ha Nam, about a 45-minute drive from Hanoi.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
For perspective, covering a single hectare of ski slope demands one million liters of water.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The new numbers come from a periodic review of satellite and aircraft data on select water bodies and glacial lakes—which sit directly adjacent to glaciers—larger than 10 hectares in the four Himalayan nations: India, China, Nepal, and Bhutan.
—Byathar Parvaiz, science.org, 2 Dec. 2024
The Sun Urban City project will cover around 420 hectares of land and is in Lam Ha Ward, Phu Ly City, Ha Nam, about a 45-minute drive from Hanoi.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
For perspective, covering a single hectare of ski slope demands one million liters of water.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 6 Jan. 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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