USGS

Environmental Setting and Water-Quality Issues in the Lower Tennessee River Basin

CONVERSION FACTORS AND VERTICAL DATUM

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                                          Multiply       By       To obtain
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                                         inch (in.)     2.54      centimeter
                              inch per year (in/yr)     2.54      centimeter per year
                                          foot (ft)     0.3048    meter
                                          mile (mi)     1.609     kilometer
                                               acre     0.004047  square kilometer
                                  square mile (mi2)     2.590     square kilometer 
                                         pound (lb)     0.4536    kilogram 
                                                ton     0.9072    metric ton
                     pound per square mile (lb/mi2)     1.1748    kilogram per square kilometer
                                acre-foot (acre-ft) 1,233         cubic meter
                      cubic foot per second (ft3/s)     0.02832   cubic meter per second 
cubic foot per second per square mile [(ft3/s)/mi2]     0.01093   cubic meter per second per square kilometer
                        gallon per minute (gal/min)     0.06309   liter per second
                   million gallons per day (Mgal/d)     0.04381   cubic meter per second
                              foot per mile (ft/mi)     0.1894    meter per kilometer
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Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F) may be converted to degrees Celsius (°C) as follows:

°C = (°F - 32) / 1.8

Sea level : In this report, "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929--a geodetic datum derived from a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of the United States and Canada, formerly called Sea Level Datum of 1929.

Altitude, as used in this report, refers to distance above or below sea level.

 

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