No. 10,429 in German
quadratkilometer
Square kilometer.
In a sentence
Das Gebiet des Nationalparks erstreckt sich über 500 Quadratkilometer.
The area of the national park spans over 500 square kilometers.
In this sentence, 'quadratkilometer' is used in a quantitative context to describe the size of a geographical area.
Ein Quadratkilometer enthält eine Million Quadratmeter.
A square kilometer contains one million square meters.
Here, 'quadratkilometer' is part of a mathematical concept to explain unit conversion between square kilometers and square meters.
Die Stadt plant, ein neues Wohngebiet von zehn Quadratkilometern zu entwickeln.
The city plans to develop a new residential area of ten square kilometers.
In this statement, 'quadratkilometer' indicates the planned area size for an urban development project.
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