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Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5070

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5070

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Conversion Factors and Datums

Conversion Factors

Multiply By To obtain
centimeter (cm) 0.3937 inch (in.)
cubic centimeter per second (cm3/s) 3.531 cubic foot per second (ft3/s)
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 35.31 cubic foot per second (ft3/s)
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 22.83 million gallons per day (Mgal/d)
joule (J) 0.0000002 kilowatt hour (kWh)
cubic hectometer (hm3) 810.7 acre-foot (acre-ft)
kilometer (km) 0.6214 mile (mi)
meter (m) 3.281 foot (ft)
meter (m) 1.094 yard (yd)
meter per second (m/s) 3.281 foot per second (ft/s)
square meter (m2) 0.0002471 acre
square kilometer (km2) 0.3861 square mile (mi2)

Datums

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

Elevation, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum.

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