noun
- plural of hectare; units of area equal to 10,000 square meters or 2.47 acres
Usage: metric system
Examples
- The farm covers 50 hectares of fertile land.
- The forest fire destroyed thousands of hectares of woodland.
- They purchased 12 hectares for their new vineyard.
- The national park spans over 2,000 hectares.
- Each plot measures exactly 3.5 hectares.
- The development will require clearing 25 hectares of forest.