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Section


A section is a land measurement unit used in the United States Public Land Survey System (PLSS). It refers to a square area that is 1 mile on each side, covering:



  • 1 square mile



  • 640 acres



  • Approximately 2.59 square kilometers



Sections are the basic units within a township (which contains 36 sections) and are commonly used for legal land descriptions and property boundaries.


Square Decimeter [dm²]


A square decimeter (dm²) is a unit of area equal to a square with sides 1 decimeter (10 centimeters) long.

1 dm² = 0.01 m² = 100 cm².

It is commonly used to measure small surfaces, such as the area of tiles or sheets of paper.



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