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land:

... the solid surface of the earth—the ground; a topographically or functionally distinct piece of ground which is either above or below the waters of the earth. Land is a natural resource used in the production of goods and services. When manipulated, land it becomes one of the four factors of production. The other factors are labor, capital, and enterprise.

Land as property is the basic element of real estate. Lands means territorial possessions or property. Answers.com has an explanation of landed estate under its definition of property.

Claiming that one has a tract of land indicates ownership of everything growing and constructed on it, but raises questions.about mineral rights and air rights. Mineral rights cover whats under the ground ... space or air rights cover that which is above it. Ownership either or of both may may clarificationh by a title when land is offered as colleteral.

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land areas::

... a measured breadth in all directions of a piece of ground that has some purpose; the range or scope of a defined part of the earth's surface either above or below its warters, typically in reference to land that is dry. Dry land is ground that is not wet and lies beyond the edge of a body of water. If the land doesn't receive more than 10-25 centimetres of rainfall a year it may be referred to as arid. An area may be defined within the context of site selection as a target location.

earth's surfacea surface, typically a region bounded by a closed curve. may be defined as a block of land identified by specific boundaries (that are subdivisions of larger pieces of land, such as a section); however the definition is meant to imply that a section is larger or maller than an tact or vice versa. within a larger section having an assigned purpose; a land tract or real estate tract..section: One square mile in the Government Rectangular Survey (One section equals one square mile and that equals 640 acres.
However, keep in mind that sections are not always nice and square. Due to the various surveyors who performed the original surveys, the geology and uneven surface of the earth, its curvature and the failure of neighboring sections to "butt up" perfectly, there may be variations and overlaps that may shorten/lengthen subsections.

a section of land is the same as 490 acres. and half of a square foot)

There are 36 sections in a 6-mile-square township // One square mile in the Government Rectangular Survey. There are 36 sections in a 6-mile-square township.

Rectangular system of land Survey that divides a district into 24-square-mile quadrangles from the meridian (north-south line) and the base line (east-west line). The tracts are divided into townships, each 6 square miles and containing 36 square miles, which are in turn divided into 36 tracts, each 1 mile square, called sections. The system is used in most western states.

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