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How big is 965 hectares?

It's about one-eight-thousand-five-hundredth as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 8,442,100 hectares.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 8,442,100 hectares. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as big as New York
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The size of New York is about 14,129,940 hectares.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 14,129,940 hectares in total area. Adirondack Park, a 2,470,000 hectares area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Florida
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The size of Florida is about 17,030,360 hectares.
(United States)
The "Sunshine State," Florida measures 17,030,360 hectares in total area. Florida has 1,067 km (663 mi) of oceanfront beaches and 1,926.38 km (1,197 mi) of coastline total.
It's about 20,000 times as big as a Basketball court
The size of a Basketball court is about 0.04956377184 hectares.
(per NBA regulation)
Per NBA rules , a basketball court should measure 29.5656 m long by 16.764 m wide, for a total area of 0.04956377184 hectares. The first basketball game, held in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played on a court half the size of today's NBA standard and ended with a score of 1-0.
It's about one-twenty-thousandth as big as Kansas
The size of Kansas is about 21,309,600 hectares.
(United States)
The "Sunflower State," Kansas measures 21,309,600 hectares in total area. The point said to be the geographic center of the continental United States is located near Lebanon, Kansas.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as big as Minnesota
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The size of Minnesota is about 22,517,060 hectares.
(United States)
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 22,517,060 hectares in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 154,450 hectares segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.
It's about one-twenty-five-thousandth as big as Michigan
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The size of Michigan is about 25,049,360 hectares.
(United States)
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 25,049,360 hectares in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.
It's about 25,000 times as big as an IMAX screen
The size of an IMAX screen is about 0.03542 hectares.
(standard)
An IMAX movie theater screen measures 22 m (72 ft) by 16 m (52 ft) for a total area of 0.03542 hectares. Because the film used in an IMAX movie is more than eight times larger than regular film, the platters of a two-and-a-half hour feature film can weigh up to 250 kg (550 lbs).
It's about one-thirty-five-thousandth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 34,800,000 hectares.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 34,800,000 hectares. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about 35,000 times as big as a Tennis court
The size of a Tennis court is about 0.026087174 hectares.
(per ITF specification; for doubles)
Per International Tennis Federation Rules of Tennis 2009, a doubles tennis court should measure 23.7744 m long by 10.9728 m, for a total area of about 0.026076 hectares. Courts may be surfaced with crushed red stone, shale, brick, hard-soil grass, or asphalt.
It's about one-forty-thousandth as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 38,083,807 hectares.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 38,083,807 hectares in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 49,600 hectares.
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as big as California
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The size of California is about 42,396,958 hectares.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 42,396,958 hectares in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about one-seventy-thousandth as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 69,562,113 hectares.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 69,562,113 hectares in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about one-two-hundred-thousandth as big as Alaska
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The size of Alaska is about 171,785,430 hectares.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 171,785,430 hectares in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 583,000 hectares.
It's about 650,000 times as big as a Parking Space
The size of a Parking Space is about 0.0015 hectares.
(a.k.a Parking Stall) (average; surface lot; North America)
An average-size parking space in a North American surface lot measures 0.0015 hectares. Due to the high real estate prices at the time, parking spaces in a densely-populated part of Manhattan would sell for an average of $165,000 in 2007, with some spaces fetching up to $225,000.
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