(n.) A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Every 1bn kilolitre reduction in natural flow to Egypt will cause 200,000 feddans [207,600 acres] of land to go out of production, and 500,000 farmers to be out of work – which will affect 2.5 million families," he said.
(2) Dr Bahaa Alkoussey, the former chairman of Egypt's National Water Research Centre, and a one-time senior official in the ministry of water resources and irrigation, claimed the Ethiopian plans copuld reduce waterflow to Egypt by more than 10bn kilolitres.
(3) If you add just 1 kilolitre to that, it will be a disaster.
(4) For example, BHP-Billiton’s Olympic Dam in South Australia achieved industrial water efficiency improvements of 15% , from 1.27 kilolitres to 1.07 kilolitres per tonne of material milled.
(5) The Egyptians already have a deficit in their water supply of about 10bn kilolitres.