Cubic mile explained

cubic mile
Standard:Imperial and US customary
Quantity:Volume
Symbol:mi3
Symbol2:cu mi
Units1:Imperial/US
Units2:SI units

A cubic mile (abbreviation: cu mi or mi3[1]) is an imperial and US customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 mile (63360 inches, 5280 feet, 1760 yards or ~1.609 kilometres) in length.

Conversions

1 cubic mile 512 cubic furlongs
 cubic yards
 cubic feet
 acre-feet
 cubic kilometres
≈  imperial gallons
≈  US liquid gallons
≈  imperial bushels
≈  US bushels
≈  crude barrels

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB8.html NIST Guide to the SI - B.8 Factors for Units Listed Alphabetically