It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.

[1] The following abbreviations are used: One cubic yard per second (1 yd3/s) is a unit of volume flow rate.

It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.

One cubic yard per minute (1 yd3/min) is a unit of volume flow rate.

It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.