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A league (common unit of measurement in Western Europe) was originally intended to represent the distance a person could walk in an hour. In many cases it was equal to 3 miles or 4.828032 km.
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How many km are n a league?
One nautical league is 5.56 kilometers.
How many kilometers does a league equal?
5.572 km
How many km is in 20000 leagues?
1 league is close to 5.55 km, so 20,000 leagues is close to 111,000 km
What is a league equal to in the metric system?
There is no standard definition of what a league is, the great advantage of the metric system is that it is the same everywhere, but the length of a league depended on where you were. In English speaking countries a league was, on average, 4.8 km except at sea when it was 5.6 km. In ancient Rome it was 2.2 km. In Portugal, and it's colonies, there were three leagues; 6.172 km, 5/556 km, and 4.444 km. The former Portuguese country Brazil has a league that is 6.6 km. France had several leagues measuring between 3.25 km and 4.68 km. Jules Verne's 20 000 leagues under the sea were about 4 km each.
How many leagues deep is the Atlantic ocean?
There is more than one definition for the length of a league. The English define a league as 4.8 km, while the French measurement ranges from 3.3 km to 4.7 km. The reason for this discrepancy is because a league refers to the distance a man on a horse can travel in one hour.The Atlantic ocean is 8.6 km at it deepest point (the Puerto Rico Trench). By the English league, that would make it about 1.79 leagues deep. By the French definition, the Atlantic is 1.83 to 2.61 leagues deep.In the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Vern used the measurement of 4km as one league.
How many nautical miles is a league?
1.150779 miles = 1 nautical mile
How many km are there in 480?
How many km are there in 480m?
How many km is France and hw many km is Italy?
France is 640,679 km^2 Italy is 60,795,612 km^2
What country did the word league refering to distance come from?
The Romans used the League or Leuga, as 1500 paces, it came into England from France via the Gauls, accepted to be about 3 miles. Continental lengths varied from 2.5 Km to 4.5 Km
How many km is in 2635 miles?
2635 miles into how many km
How many km in a 1000m?
1 km.
How many is 2413miles in km?
3860.8 km
