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Square Yard [ydยฒ]
A square yard (ydยฒ) is a unit of area used mainly in the United States and the UK. It represents a square with sides 1 yard (3 feet) long.
1 square yard = 9 square feet = 0.8361 square meters.
Square yards are often used to measure carpets, lawns, and smaller plots of land.
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.