In the Rectangular Survey or Government Rectangular Survey method of land description, the baseline is the principal east-west line to which all north-south measurements are referred.
VARA is a traditional unit of length used in Spanish-speaking countries. Though largely obsolete, it is still encountered in legal land descriptions and historical documents.
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