United States major river systems:
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Time Zone Maps:
Summary of Time Zones and International Dateline:
1. USA - has 4 main time zones
called: Eastern, Central,
Mountain, Pacific
with Alaska 1 time zone
west of California and
Hawaii 2 time zones west.
2. If its 1:00 PM----- New York City
Noon-------Chicago
11:00 AM ------ Denver
10:00 AM ------ San Diego
9:00 AM--------Alaska
8:00 AM--------Hawaii
** in Arizona = no daylight savings in the summer, so Arizona
is the same as Pacific Time Zone
*** but in regular -standard time
Arizona is the same as Mountain Zone states during the winter.
Daylight Savings time = when a time zone will change and move-up the time to ONE TIME ZONE.
( IN THE SPRING-MOVE UP)
( IN THE FALL - MOVE TIME BACK)
3. World has 24 time zones
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4. International Dateline = in western Pacific Ocean.
a. First start of each new day begins first to countries "just west of the International Dateline.
b. New Year DAY first starts in ( New
Zealand, Australia, Japan, Asia )
c. ****if you cross the "Dateline" from
East to West = a new day
**** if you cross the "Dateline" from
West to East = "the day before "