Legal Measurement Units
1 cubic meter (m³) = 1000 liters = 1000 cubic decimeters (dm³)
1 cubic decimeter = 1000 cubic centimeters
1 cubic centimeter = 1000 cubic millimeters
U.S. and British Measurement Units
1 cubic foot (ft) = 0.0283 cubic meters (m³) = 28.317 liters
1 thousand cubic feet (mcf) = 28.317 cubic meters (m³)
1 million cubic feet (MMcf) = 2.8317 million cubic meters (m³)
1 billion cubic feet (bcf) = 2831.7 million cubic meters (m³)
1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) = 283.17 billion cubic meters (m³)
1 cubic inch (in) = 16.3871 cubic centimeters (cm³)
1 acre-foot = 1234 cubic meters (m³)
1 barrel (bbl) = 0.159 cubic meters (m³) = 42 U.S. gallons (gal)
1 U.S. gallon (gal) = 3.785 liters (l)
1 U.S. quart (qt) = 0.946 liters (l)
1 U.S. pint (pt) = 0.473 liters (l)
1 U.S. gill (gi) = 0.118 liters (l)
1 Imperial gallon (gal) = 4.546 liters (l)
Ancient Chinese Measurement Units
1 shi (石, dàn) = 10 dou (斗, dǒu)
1 hu (斛, hú) = originally 10 dou, later changed to 5 dou
1 dou (斗, dǒu) = 10 liters
1 yue (龠, yuè) = 0.5 ge (合, gě)
1 liter = 10 ge (合, gě)