Range

Japanese: Range
Range

…The zoning law establishes about 32 principal meridians in the north-south direction and a baseline in the east-west direction as the reference lines for almost each state, with parallel lines drawn at 6-mile (about 9,655 m) intervals. The resulting 6-mile square divisions are called townships, and the north-south rows are assigned ranges and the east-west rows are assigned township numbers, with each township division given a code number according to its coordinates. Each township is further divided into 36 sections, each 1 mile square, and each section (640 acres) is further divided into 1/2, 1/4, and 1/4 of that, and each section is also numbered from 1 to 36. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Range" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その区画法は,ほぼ各州ごとの基準線として南北方向には約32本の主経線principal meridianを,東西方向に基線base lineを設け,それぞれ6マイル(約9655m)間隔の平行線をひく。それによりつくられる6マイル四方の区画をタウンシップと呼び,その南北列はレーンジRange,東西列はタウンシップ番号がそれぞれつけられ,各タウンシップ区画には座標に応じてコードナンバーがつけられている。各タウンシップ内はさらに1マイル四方の36セクションsectionに,1セクション(640エーカー)はさらに1/2,1/4,そのまた1/4というように細分され,各セクションにも1から36までの番号がつけられている。…

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