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Japan has the sixth longest coastline in the world (29,751 km (18,486 mi)). It is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest island country in the world. [12] Because of Japan's many far-flung outlying islands and long coastline, the country has extensive marine life and mineral resources in the ocean.
Driving Hours: On-Duty Hours: Off-Duty Hours: Minimum Duty Cycle: Maximum Hours On-Duty Before 30 Minute Rest Break: 1938 12 15 9 24 None 1939 10 None 8 24 None 1962 10 15 8 18 None 2003 1: 11 14 10 21 None 2013 1: 11 14 10 34 [7] 8 1 Applies to property-carrying vehicles only.
In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ratio" for both TWF and WRI (see below) coastline measurement. This ratio measures how many metres of coastline correspond to every square kilometer of land area. The ratio illustrates the ease of accessibility to the country's coast from ...
At this latitude, the sun is visible for 15 hours 37 minutes during the summer solstice, and 8 hours 46 minutes during the winter solstice. The midday Sun stands 21.6° above the southern horizon at the December solstice , 68.4° at the June solstice , and exactly 45.0° at either equinox .
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The construction of the 360-mile (580 km) route of I-40 across Arizona took nearly 25 years to complete with the last segment being completed in 1984, much longer than the ambitious goal of finishing by 1972. By the end of 1960, 15 miles (24 km) had been completed with an additional 23 miles (37 km) being worked on. [17]
Up north, it has made Mexico less able to accept migrants pushed back across its northern border by the U.S. Mexico’s INM has 35,000 agents, while the U.S. has 20,000 Border Patrol agents.
The longest Interstate in Arizona is I-10, which spans 392.33 miles (631.39 km) [1] across southern and central Arizona, and the shortest Interstate is I-15, which only traverses the northwestern corner of the state, running from Nevada to Utah, spanning only 29.39 miles (47.30 km).