Convert Acre-feet per minute to Kilolitres per minute
Convert Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) to Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/min = ac-ft/min × 1233.481838
About Acre-feet per minute
The acre-foot per minute (ac-ft/min) equals 1233.48183754752/60 ≈ 20.558 m³/s, encountered in large irrigation canal capacity descriptions and reservoir emergency spillway sizing in the US West. A major canal gate releasing 1 ac-ft/min drains a 1-acre field 1 foot deep every minute - a substantial agricultural flow. 1 ac-ft/min ≈ 20.558 m³/s ≈ 726.0 ft³/s.
About Kilolitres per minute
The kilolitre per minute (kL/min) equals 1/60 m³/s ≈ 0.016667 m³/s, used in Australian water-utility engineering for pump and pipeline sizing. Irrigation district delivery schedules and water-authority trunk-main flow records in Australia and New Zealand frequently use kL/min as an intermediate unit between L/s and ML/d. 1 kL/min = 1 000 L/min ≈ 264.2 US gal/min.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) | Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/min | 1233.48 kL/min |
| 2 ac-ft/min | 2466.96 kL/min |
| 5 ac-ft/min | 6167.41 kL/min |
| 10 ac-ft/min | 12334.8 kL/min |
| 25 ac-ft/min | 30837 kL/min |
| 50 ac-ft/min | 61674.1 kL/min |
| 100 ac-ft/min | 123348 kL/min |