English-Dutch translations for square kilometre

• vierkante kilometer
  Tijdens de Culturele Revolutie in China zijn vele vierkante kilometers bos gekapt. During the Cultural Revolution in China many square kilometres of forest were cut down.
  De olievlek is inmiddels meer dan 43 000 vierkante kilometer groot. Dat is meer dan de totale oppervlakte van Nederland. The oil slick now covers over 43 000 square kilometres, which is bigger than the Netherlands.
  Ik zou erop willen wijzen dat de CO2-emissies van deze voertuigen momenteel rond 200 gram per vierkante kilometer bedragen. I should like to note that CO2 emissions from these vehicles are currently around 200 g per square kilometre.

Definition of square kilometre

• Standard unit of area, symbol km², equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometre long; 10⁶ square metres

Related words

• square
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