Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead of Pacific Time. The mainland U.S. has four time zones (Alaska and Hawaii each have their own time zones, which makes a total of 6 different timeâ¦ zones for the U.S.). From west to east, the mainland U.S.'s time zones are: Pacific Time, Mountain Time, Central Time and Eastern Time.
Wildlife in Iceland. Reindeer were imported to Iceland in the 18th Century from Norway. They once lived wildly around the whole country, but now survive only in Eastern Iceland. There are around 3000 wild reindeer in Iceland, and their population is controlled with seasonal reindeer hunting permits. This ensures they do not damage the fragile highlands or grow to unsustainable herd sizes that would take food away from all the visiting sheep every summer.
Plants. Vegetation in Iceland is typical of the north and the majority of the almost 500 different higher plant species that grow wild in Iceland are of European origin.Exceptions include the Arctic river-beauty and Lyngbye's sedge which originally came from North America.he downy birch is the only tree species in Iceland that forms consecutive woods. Birch woods cover currently a little over 1% of the total area of the country but it is believed that when the settlers arrived here in the ninth century approximately one third of the land was covered with birch woods.