megalitre, megaliter

• a metric unit for measuring large amounts of liquids
equivalent to a million (1,000,000) litres.
• an Olympic-sized swimming pool has
a capacity of 2.5 megalitres.

EXAMPLES:

Metric Units ~ Capacity

10 millilitres = 1 centilitre
10 centilitres = 1 decilitre
10 decilitres = 1 litre
1000 litres = 1 kilolitre
1,000,000 litres = 1 megalitre
1,000,000,000 litres = 1 gigalitre