Convert 5000 Acre-foot to Liter: 5000 Acre-foot in Liter
This calculator allows you to convert from Acre-foot to Liter and in a reverse direction. To convert from Acre-foot to Liter, enter the amount of Acre-foot into the first input and to convert from Liter to Acre-foot, enter the amount of Liter into the second input.
Every 1 Acre-foot = 1233481.8375475 Liter
and so, 5000 Acre-foot = 5000 multiplied by 1233481.8375475 = 6167409187.7376 Liter.
Acre-foot
What is an acre foot?
Acre foot was mainly used to measure large scales of water. It is a common unit to define volumes of canals and rivers.
United States define an acre foot as the volume of water which can cover an area of one acre to a depth of one foot.
Let's show some examples to make you imagine how much is one acre foot:
One acre foot of water is sufficient for the needs of a suburban family household per year. Under the enforcement of water conservation, the same family can consume only 0.25 acre-foot of water annually.
Liter
What is liter?
In the past, liter was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at 4 °C. Nowadays, liter is an important unit of volume used in the metric system which is equal to one cubic decimeter.
In other words, a cubic with 10 cm sides, has a volume of one liter. "L" is the symbol of liter. Liter has a french origin as it was derived from the french unit "Litron".
Liter is widely used, however, the cubic meter is the main SI unit of volume.