Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas
WorldPhysical EnvironmentAreas with little or no vegetation
Global Land Cover FacilityBarren or sparsely vegetated areas are highlighted in orange, including regions in northern Africa (Libya, Algeria), the Middle East, parts of Central Asia (Saudi Arabia), and the western coast of South America.
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas | Deforestation: Net Loss, 2000-2015 | 160 in and over | 110–159 in | 60–109 in | 30–59 in | 15–29 in | Under 15 in | |
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Alaska | 0.337% | 1.37% | 9.46% | 49.7% | 6.89% | |||
Arizona | 2.59% | 0.145% | 19.7% | 80.1% | ||||
Utah | 6.05% | 4.63% | 3.97% | 40.0% | 27.9% | 25.0% | ||
Yukon | 0.118% | 6.60% | 27.0% | 1.28% | 39.2% | |||
Northwest Territories | 0.484% | 2.52% | 8.57% | 66.7% | 3.09% | |||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 0.478% | 99.4% | ||||||
Idaho | 1.82% | 4.80% | 1.86% | 68.1% | 1.76% | |||
New Hampshire | 83.9% | 47.6% | 52.4% | |||||
Rhode Island | 91.7% | 3.82% | ||||||
Vermont | 87.9% | 87.5% | 12.5% | |||||
Washington | 0.128% | 7.48% | 30.0% | 25.7% | 7.10% | 19.9% | ||
Wyoming | 0.808% | 48.2% | 50.6% | |||||
Nunavut | 1.25% | 8.66% | 3.24% | 2.55% | ||||
Montana | 0.151% | 1.78% | 37.5% | 50.0% | 8.90% | |||
Maine | 0.508% | 8.65% | 87.1% | 3.81% | ||||
North Dakota | 38.9% | 61.1% | ||||||
Kentucky | 3.30% | 30.8% | 69.2% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 3.64% | 19.0% | ||||||
Virginia | 0.306% | 64.7% | 35.2% | |||||
Delaware | 6.18% | 5.45% | 93.8% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 3.20% | 98.8% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.214% | 95.9% | 1.98% | |||||
Mississippi | 0.421% | 100% | ||||||
West Virginia | 88.6% | 57.4% | 42.6% | |||||
Nebraska | 39.2% | 60.8% | ||||||
Texas | 0.168% | 99.8% | ||||||
Missouri | 0.839% | 76.8% | 23.2% | |||||
Louisiana | 6.16% | 99.6% | ||||||
Hawaii | 3.86% | 10.4% | ||||||
North Carolina | 0.384% | 99.0% | ||||||
Oregon | 0.231% | 9.17% | 6.14% | 26.6% | 1.05% | 18.6% | ||
New Brunswick | 0.816% | 50.9% | 48.6% | |||||
Alabama | 2.11% | 100% | ||||||
New Mexico | 0.102% | 8.69% | 12.8% | 21.6% | 56.9% | |||
Kansas | 0.558% | 76.2% | 23.8% | |||||
Wisconsin | 0.624% | 3.31% | 96.1% | |||||
British Columbia | 0.214% | 1.49% | 2.94% | 2.84% | 9.04% | 1.50% | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.149% | 1.25% | 10.4% | 8.92% | ||||
New Jersey | 71.9% | 45.8% | 53.6% | |||||
South Carolina | 0.167% | 99.9% | ||||||
Michigan | 0.107% | 13.1% | 57.5% | |||||
Alberta | 0.236% | 4.59% | 15.5% | 78.2% | 1.72% | |||
Connecticut | 95.3% | 99.9% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 90.6% | 4.01% | 95.7% | |||||
Colorado | 0.113% | 30.9% | 47.9% | 20.2% | 1.04% | |||
Nevada | 1.08% | 0.466% | 7.06% | 22.8% | 22.5% | 39.6% | ||
Massachusetts | 80.4% | 98.2% | ||||||
Georgia | 0.277% | 99.9% | ||||||
New York | 0.152% | 3.86% | 64.9% | 2.90% | ||||
Maryland | 0.251% | 16.2% | 83.0% | |||||
Québec | 0.164% | 12.6% | 33.5% | 46.1% | 3.40% | |||
Manitoba | 0.751% | 52.6% | 46.9% | |||||
Oklahoma | 38.0% | 99.6% | ||||||
Tennessee | 0.276% | 8.28% | 91.7% | |||||
Ontario | 0.128% | 9.58% | 86.3% | 3.20% | ||||
California | 7.01% | 1.01% | 5.57% | 6.20% | 14.9% | 73.0% | ||
Arkansas | 0.617% | 100% | ||||||
South Dakota | 0.611% | 60.2% | 39.8% | |||||
Ohio | 1.55% | 2.34% | 56.3% | 41.4% | ||||
Indiana | 1.29% | 25.6% | 72.5% | 1.94% | ||||
Minnesota | 0.109% | 6.02% | 92.1% | 1.85% | ||||
Iowa | 47.2% | 52.8% | ||||||
Illinois | 5.93% | 18.2% | 68.2% | 13.6% | ||||
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