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Why Large Countries Have Many Times Zones. Give Reasons.


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Large countries have many time zones because they have a large width and a vast East to West extent. For example, Russia has as many as eleven time zones and the USA has six zones.

From east to west, they are known as the Hawaii time zone, Alaska time zone, Eastern, Central, mountain, and Pacific time zones.


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