Under the U.S. Public Land Survey (or government survey) System a section is one square mile. If you own two sections of land you own two square miles of land. Not all legal descriptions of land use the government survey method.
A quarter section of land is 160 acres, and one acre is approximately 0.0015625 square miles. Therefore, a quarter section of land is about 0.25 square miles.
A section is 1 mile by 1 mile see http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html#three
18.75 square miles. A "section" of land contains 640 acres and is equal to 1 square mile.
1 quarter of a mile square. Each section is 1 mile square so a quarter section is 1/4 mile square.
A section of a township is typically 1 square mile, and measures 1 mile long by 1 mile wide.
2.65 km is approximately 1.65 miles. Check the 'Related Links' section below for an online converter
The Sahara Desert covers about 3.5 million square miles of the northern section of Africa. This is about 10 percent of the African continent.
1/2 mile on each side. A section is one mile square (640 acres) a quarter section refers to 1/4 of a section, so it would be 1/2 mile on each side. (160 acres)
Patterson Park in Baltimore, Maryland is approximately 1.5 miles around its perimeter.
1 square mile (one 'section') = 640 acres 730 square miles = (730 x 640) = 467,200 acres
A quarter section of land is typically 160 acres, which is equivalent to one-quarter of a full section of land. In feet, a quarter section of land would measure approximately 2,640 feet by 2,640 feet, or about 0.75 miles by 0.75 miles.
The length and width of a section can vary depending on the context. In general, a section of land could be a mile square, making it one mile long by one mile wide. However, a section could also refer to a different size depending on the field of study or industry it pertains to.