Cubic metre per second

Cubic metre per second or cubic meter per second in American English (symbol m³Template:Sdots⁻¹ or m³/s) is the unit of volumetric flow rate in the International System of Units (SI). It corresponds to the exchange or movement of the volume of a cube with sides of in length (a cubic meter, originally a stere) each second. It is popularly used for water flow, especially in rivers and streams, and fractions for HVAC values measuring air flow.

The term cumec is sometimes used as an acronym for full unit name, with the plural form cumecs also common in speech.Template:Fact It is commonly used between workers in the measurement of water flow through natural streams and civil works, but rarely used in writing.

Data in units of m³Template:Sdots⁻¹ are used along the y-axis or vertical axis of a flow hydrograph, which describes the time variation of discharge of a river (the mean velocity multiplied by cross-sectional area). A moderately sized river discharges in the order of 100 m³Template:Sdots⁻¹.

Conversions

1 cubic metre per second	=		litres per second
	=		kilolitres per minute
	=		megalitres per day
	=		gigalitres per year
	≈		imperial gallons per second
	≈		US gallons per second
	≈		cubic feet per second
	≈		cubic yards per second
	≈		acre-feet per year
	≈		cubic feet per year
	≈		cubic miles per year

See also

• Standard litre per minute
• Conversion of units
• Volumetric flow rate
• Volumetric flux
• Cusec, shorthand for cubic feet per second