The volume of water needed to flood one acre of land to a depth of one foot. Equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, 1,233 cubic meters or 325,851 gallons. One of the most common units of measure used for reservoir capacity, irrigation water and runoff volume. Also used in mineral resource calculations (an acre-foot of coal is a block of coal one acre in area and one foot thick – it weighs approximately 1,800 tons).
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