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Noun

land area - an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on"

acreage

surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

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Ready to search a land area of 124,110,000 square miles for my friends, my incomparable mate, and good old Perry!

Nor is this strange, for Pellucidar, in its land area, is immense, while the human race there is very young and consequently far from numerous.

Her mighty land areas breathed unfettered free-dom.

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'The ratio of the total land area for abaca planting over the total land area of the country reveals that only a small portion of the country's land area is utilized for growing abaca because abaca farms are concentrated in isolated and mountainous areas,' the PhilFida said in its newly crafted 'Philippine Abaca Roadmap 2018 to 2022.'

Market demand, competition test strength of PHL's abaca

He added that the Egyptian president issued Decree 268/2006, stating the establishment of the new Toshka City project on a land area of 10,000 acres west of Aswan.

Urgent phase implementation in Toshka City to end 30 June: Housing minister

Nationally protected area (% of land area) 18.7 13.0

Country tables

With a total land area of 247,392 s/f, the property consists of 201,248 s/f of under water land and 46,144s/f of dry land.

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Despite those limitations, evidence suggests that a significant majority of tornadoes occurs in the continental United States, even though the lower 48 states occupy only about 5 percent of the world's land area.--S.

Twister puzzler. (Letters)

About 105 million acres or 59 percent of the region's total land area is now in forest.

Northeastern woodlands: hanging in and stocking up

Naujan came from the word 'na-uhao,' or 'got thirsty.' It is the largest municipality in Oriental Mindoro in terms of land area, as it accounts for 12 percent of the province's total land area.

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