Discover the ease of converting acre-inches to gigaliters with our user-friendly tool. Designed for accuracy, our converter simplifies your calculations.
An acre-inch is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States for measuring water volume. It represents the volume of water that would cover one acre of land to a depth of one inch. This equates to 102.79015313 cubic meters or about 27,154 gallons.
Definition of GigaliterA gigaliter (GL) is a metric unit of volume that is equal to one billion liters. It is commonly used to measure large-scale water volumes, such as in reservoirs or lakes. One gigaliter is equivalent to 1,000,000 cubic meters or around 220 million gallons of water.
Acre-inch (ac-in) | Gigaliter (GL) |
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1 ac-in | 0.00010279 GL |
5 ac-in | 0.00051395 GL |
10 ac-in | 0.0010279 GL |
20 ac-in | 0.0020558 GL |
50 ac-in | 0.0051395 GL |
100 ac-in | 0.010279 GL |
500 ac-in | 0.051395 GL |
1000 ac-in | 0.10279 GL |
5000 ac-in | 0.51395 GL |
10000 ac-in | 1.0279 GL |
1 ac-in = 0.00010279 GL
1 GL = 9735.49 ac-in
Example 1:
Convert 15 ac-in to GL:
15 ac-in = 15 × 0.00010279 GL = 0.00154185 GL
Example 2:
Convert 250 ac-in to GL:
250 ac-in = 250 × 0.00010279 GL = 0.0256975 GL
The acre-inch to gigaliter converter originated from the need to convert agricultural water usage from traditional acre-inches to the metric system's gigaliters, facilitating international communication and resource management.
Explore the real-world applications of converting acre-inches to gigaliters, enhancing your understanding and utility of water volume measurements.
Example 1:
To convert 75 ac-in to GL:
75 ac-in = 75 × 0.00010279 GL = 0.00770925 GL
Example 2:
To convert 200 ac-in to GL:
200 ac-in = 200 × 0.00010279 GL = 0.020558 GL
What is an acre-inch?
An acre-inch is a unit of volume used for measuring water, equal to the volume covering one acre to a depth of one inch.
How does the Acre-inch to Gigaliter Converter work?
You input the volume in acre-inches, and the converter calculates the equivalent volume in gigaliters.
Can I convert gigaliters back to acre-inches?
Yes, the converter also allows for reverse calculations from gigaliters to acre-inches.