| Conversion factors | ||
Acre | = | 0.4047 ha |
Bigha | = | 0.134 ha |
Crore | = | 1,00,00,000 (107) |
Imperial gallon | = | 4.546 l |
Lakh | = | 1,00,000 (105) |
Maund | = | 40 seers (37.32 kg) |
Pound | = | 0.4536 kg |
Ton (metric) | = | 1,000 kg |
Seer | = | 0.933 kg |
US gallon | = | 3.785 l |
Glossary
| Aman | Rice crop planted in May-June and harvested in November-December. |
| Aus | Rice crop planted in February-March and harvested in June-July. |
| Bagda chingri | Penaeus monodon. |
| Bagha tara chingri | Penaeus semisulcatus. |
| Baor | Oxbow lake, isolated from river by change of course |
| Beel | Small, low lying depression on a flood plain, sometimes drying up in the dry season |
| Behundi jal | Fixed bag net for catching shrimp fry. |
| Bheri | System for simple extensive fish and shrimp culture using tidal water exchange and wild fry. |
| Boro | Rice crop planted in November-December and harvested in April-June. |
| Bund | Dyke, embankment, levée of a pond or polder |
| Chaka chingri | Penaeus indicus. |
| Chapda chingri | Penaeus indicus. |
| Chatka chingri | Macrobrachium malcolmsonii. |
| Creek | Small waterways. |
| Gang | Waterway 50-100 m in width. |
| Gher | Area used for shrimp farming. |
| Goi | Harvesting device for shrimps consisting of a screened catchment basin connecting to a main water control gate. |
| Golda chingri | Macrobrachium rosenbergii. |
| Haor | Large, low lying depression on a flood plain, part of which dries during the dry season. Individual beels may be formed as the water level drops. |
| Hony chingri | Metapenaeus brevicornis. |
| Horina chingri | Metapenaeus monoceros. |
| Khal | Waterway less than 50 m in width. |
| Kharkharia chingri | Metapenaeus brevicornis. |
| Kola chingri | Penaeus merguiensis. |
| Lailya chingri | Metapenaeus monoceros. |
| Polder | Area of low lying land protected from inundation by a perimeter bund or dyke. |
| River | Waterway more than 100 m in width. |
| Shilla kankra | Scylla serrata. |
