Herder's Environment
WorldCulturalAreas of the world conducive to the spread of pastoralism (approximately 500 CE–1500 CE)
natureA world map shows the herder's environment highlighted in orange. Key regions include North America, Northern Europe, Russia, Mongolia, parts of North Africa, and sections of South America, particularly Argentina and Chile.
Herder's Environment | Lightning Frequency | <0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.2 flashes/km²/year | 0.4 flashes/km²/year | 0.6 flashes/km²/year | 0.8 flashes/km²/year | 1 flash/km²/year | 2 flashes/km²/year | 4 flashes/km²/year | 6 flashes/km²/year | 8 flashes/km²/year | 10 flashes/km²/year | 20 flashes/km²/year | 30 flashes/km²/year | |
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Alaska | 0.152% | 6.63% | 1.78% | 25.5% | 0.226% | 5.17% | ||||||||||
Arizona | 20.9% | 1.13% | 23.6% | 20.0% | 37.0% | 18.2% | ||||||||||
Utah | 84.5% | 22.2% | 65.3% | 0.130% | ||||||||||||
Yukon | 100% | 2.57% | 1.17% | 39.3% | 42.1% | 0.676% | 0.532% | 2.01% | ||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.300% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 1.93% | 1.61% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 4.36% | 8.69% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.168% | 52.7% | 47.1% | |||||||||||||
Idaho | 88.8% | 8.51% | 90.0% | |||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 77.0% | 23.0% | ||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4.97% | 95.0% | ||||||||||||||
Washington | 0.612% | 1.04% | 10.6% | 19.8% | 20.2% | 12.1% | 35.6% | 0.648% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 100% | 48.7% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 7.61% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.580% | 41.3% | 36.7% | 7.71% | 1.80% | 1.53% | 0.139% | |||||||||
Montana | 100% | 1.84% | 16.7% | 6.56% | 12.0% | 2.35% | ||||||||||
Maine | 11.9% | 5.45% | 71.9% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 33.5% | 5.40% | 24.2% | 48.6% | 17.6% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 8.11% | 10.6% | 36.1% | 17.3% | 27.8% | |||||||||||
Virginia | 0.585% | 33.4% | 66.0% | |||||||||||||
Delaware | 1.09% | 21.6% | 74.1% | 3.24% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 2.52% | 8.96% | 20.3% | 68.2% | ||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | 0.267% | 0.717% | 31.5% | 16.7% | 3.54% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 53.6% | 46.4% | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 90.8% | 9.25% | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 99.5% | 2.93% | 89.3% | 7.74% | ||||||||||||
Texas | 39.6% | 1.17% | 8.70% | 65.9% | 24.2% | |||||||||||
Missouri | 14.4% | 97.2% | 2.76% | |||||||||||||
Louisiana | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 0.113% | 0.444% | 32.9% | 60.0% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Oregon | 3.11% | 0.565% | 3.81% | 5.52% | 5.86% | 3.52% | 49.6% | 23.8% | ||||||||
New Brunswick | 11.5% | 0.276% | 0.234% | 58.0% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 41.8% | 58.2% | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 96.3% | 7.94% | 33.3% | 53.7% | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 98.4% | 96.1% | 3.88% | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0.368% | 53.9% | 28.7% | 12.9% | 3.74% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 0.210% | 1.64% | 6.95% | 12.6% | 20.1% | 4.57% | 5.28% | 0.164% | 6.19% | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.2% | 5.05% | 7.84% | 8.94% | 30.5% | 12.3% | 3.57% | 0.308% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 9.73% | 90.3% | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 85.1% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||||
Michigan | 1.83% | 31.7% | 16.4% | 14.6% | 8.66% | |||||||||||
Alberta | 100% | 22.8% | 73.1% | 3.13% | ||||||||||||
Connecticut | 77.5% | 20.8% | 1.09% | |||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 7.74% | 34.9% | 57.3% | |||||||||||||
Colorado | 100% | 3.18% | 32.7% | 15.2% | 10.5% | 30.1% | 8.34% | |||||||||
Nevada | 1.83% | 1.83% | 39.4% | 47.0% | 11.8% | |||||||||||
Massachusetts | 2.27% | 79.0% | 18.5% | |||||||||||||
Georgia | 48.4% | 51.6% | ||||||||||||||
New York | 16.1% | 65.1% | 18.0% | 0.137% | ||||||||||||
Maryland | 2.23% | 17.7% | 58.3% | 21.7% | ||||||||||||
Québec | 0.452% | 11.0% | 4.90% | 11.5% | 3.83% | 3.39% | 3.67% | 19.7% | 17.8% | 0.183% | ||||||
Manitoba | 99.9% | 2.65% | 4.40% | 2.91% | 25.0% | 48.7% | 10.4% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 48.3% | 64.4% | 35.6% | |||||||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Ontario | 77.4% | 2.58% | 3.28% | 0.872% | 19.2% | 2.31% | 2.14% | 0.326% | 0.285% | |||||||
California | 2.29% | 10.6% | 16.3% | 5.69% | 2.96% | 35.4% | 15.6% | 1.52% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 15.7% | 84.3% | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 27.8% | 2.09% | 52.0% | 45.9% | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 23.4% | 76.6% | ||||||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6.88% | 13.4% | 3.05% | 20.4% | 21.8% | 9.11% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 29.4% | 5.30% | 6.65% | 14.4% | 73.6% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 1.50% | 98.5% | ||||||||||||||
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