long and  high. A face cord is also called a rick in Midwestern United States.

The term is used in other English-speaking countries, such as New Zealand, but may not have a legal definition.

The "corde" unit was used before metrication in several French-speaking countries (France, Belgium and Luxemburg), and its value varied, according to the regions, approximately between 3 and 4  steres.

Heating value 

One seasoned (dry) cord of red oak with a heating value of  has the heating equivalent of  of fuel oil with a heating value of .

See also 

 Board foot
 Cord-foot
 Cubic ton
 Forest product
 Hoppus foot
 Imperial units
 List of unusual units of measurement
 Measurement Canada
 Measurement Information Division of Industry Canada
 Petrograd Standard 
 Units of measurement

References

External links
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Mr Muhmad said that a similar scheme was open to asylum seekers a number of years ago and it was time that this type of application was once again opened to those who fled their home country and who have been trying to gain permission to remain in Ireland for five years or more.

Speaking on behalf of the residents of the Kinsale Road centre, Mr Muhmad said that there were a number of problems with the asylum-seeking process here in Ireland and it was not uncommon for an application to drag on for five years or more.

Mr Muhmad said that deporting people after they have been in Ireland a number of years is very harsh and cited