The Hectometer is a unit of length that belongs to the International System of Measurements. A hectometer is equivalent to 100 meters, the square hectometer is equal to 100 square meters and the cubic measure also corresponds to what is described above. The abbreviation used to put it in practice is Hm. Its applications are directed towards the construction industry, below we break down some of the most common functions of this unit.
When we speak of wells, ponds, dams or the like, we speak of the hectometer to more easily calculate capacities of spaces that are intended to cover large amounts of water. In shipbuilding, when a ship is launched into the water, a certain amount of water is necessary, which is measured with the Hectometer unit. The hectometer coincides with its measurement with the Gigalitro, which has caused many setbacks with those who work with different measurements because despite being the same, some configuration systems are adapted to one in particular.
The Gigaliter is for its part the unit that was assigned to the measurements to name one million liters of water, they are equivalent and differ in the scenarios in which they are used. Both can even be used to denote the amounts of water that are discharged into reservoirs, dams, and surfaces designated for that purpose. There are water treatment plants in which the processes are carried out in pools or ponds whose measurement is a hectometer, for the international system, the measurement is practical to use them in large-scale hydraulic works.
