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- noun Plural form of
gigaliter .
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Examples
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An Australian rice farmer with 10,450 acres uses six gigaliters of water—that's six billion liters, or enough to hand almost everyone on the planet a bottle of Evian.
A Watershed Moment Daniel Weintraub 2011
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The new plan, published over the weekend, proposes to recover 2,750 gigaliters of water a year—more than five times the volume found in the Sydney Harbour area—from irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Australia's Breadbasket Faces Water Squeeze Ray Brindal 2011
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That guide to the draft plan, issued in October last year, drew criticism for proposing to cut up to 4,000 gigaliters a year from irrigation supplies.
Australia's Breadbasket Faces Water Squeeze Ray Brindal 2011
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There's also less room for maneuver this year, since 500 gigaliters of water are still stuck in the Bowen's open-cast mines.
Coal Miners, Steelmakers Jittery As Wet Season Starts David Fickling 2011
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Freeman said the volume of useable water in storage was now 1,470 gigaliters, or 16 percent of capacity, slightly higher than at the end of January last year, but well below the January long term average of 5,400 GL.
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The purchase will allow 20 gigaliters -- equivalent to 20,000 Olympic swimming pools -- to be returned each year to the ailing Darling River, which is one of two streams flowing through the Murray-Darling basin, home to almost half the nation's farms.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2008
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The purchase will allow 20 gigaliters -- equivalent to 20,000 Olympic swimming pools -- to be returned each year to the ailing Darling River, which is one of two streams flowing through the Murray-Darling basin, home to almost half the nation's farms.
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The purchase will allow 20 gigaliters?? equivalent to 20,000 Olympic swimming pools?? to be returned each year to the ailing Darling River, which is one of two streams flowing through the Murray-Darling basin, home to almost half the nation's farms.
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The purchase will allow 20 gigaliters?? equivalent to 20,000 Olympic swimming pools?? to be returned each year to the ailing Darling River, which is one of two streams flowing through the Murray-Darling basin, home to almost half the nation's farms.
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