What Is This Tool?
This unit converter allows you to convert volumes measured in acre-foot, a land-based water volume unit, into ton register, a historical maritime volume unit. This is useful for integrating water volume data with marine logistics or ship registry records.
How to Use This Tool?
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Enter the volume value in acre-foot into the input field.
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Select acre-foot as the source unit and ton register as the target unit.
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Click the convert button to see the equivalent volume in ton register.
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Use the results to assist with water management, agricultural planning, or maritime volume referencing.
Key Features
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Converts large water volumes from acre-foot to ton register units.
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Based on historical maritime measurement standards for ship internal capacity.
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Supports applications in water resource management, agriculture, and maritime history.
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Easy-to-use browser-based interface for quick conversions.
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Includes examples for straightforward calculation guidance.
Examples
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Converting 2 acre-foot: 2 × 435.6 = 871.2 ton register.
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Converting 0.5 acre-foot: 0.5 × 435.6 = 217.8 ton register.
Common Use Cases
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Reporting reservoir and lake storage capacities in maritime volumetric units.
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Allocating water deliveries for irrigation with historical ship volume references.
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Expressing municipal or regional water supply volumes in ton register for integration with maritime records.
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Calculating historical ship capacity measurements for archive or legal purposes.
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Estimating port fees or canal dues tied to register tonnage.
Tips & Best Practices
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Ensure you use acre-foot units for large land-based water volumes before conversion.
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Understand that ton register is a historical maritime unit primarily for archival or regulatory records.
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Use precise input values for accurate conversion results.
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Cross-check converted volumes when integrating with maritime fee calculations or historical data.
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Keep in mind the difference in contexts when comparing land water volumes and ship capacities.
Limitations
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Ton register is largely replaced by modern tonnage measures, so its use is mostly for historical or archival contexts.
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Acre-foot measures volume of water without accounting for density or weight unlike some maritime measurements.
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Conversion relevance is limited to integrating land water volume with maritime historical data rather than current shipping metrics.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is an acre-foot used for?
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An acre-foot quantifies large volumes of water covering one acre to a depth of one foot and is commonly used in water resource management and irrigation planning.
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Why convert acre-foot to ton register?
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Converting acre-foot to ton register helps translate land-based water volumes into maritime historical units used for ship capacity and regulatory purposes.
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Is ton register still used today?
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Ton register is a historical unit mostly replaced by modern tonnage conventions, and is mainly relevant for archival or legal historical data.
Key Terminology
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Acre-foot [ac*ft]
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A customary unit of volume equal to the water covering one acre to a depth of one foot, commonly used for large water volume measurements in land-based applications.
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Ton register [ton reg]
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A historical maritime unit of volume equal to 100 cubic feet, used to express ship internal capacity as gross or net register tonnage.