High Pressure
North AmericaPhysical EnvironmentA region where atmospheric pressure at the surface is greater than surrounding areas
NOAAA map highlights the high-pressure regions in North America with a letter H enclosed in a circle. Near Columbia Kootenay Mountain and, near Ottawa.
High Pressure | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Sea Level to -200 | -201 to -2000 | -2001 to -3000 | -3001 to -4000 | -4001 to -5000 | Class | Rank | Value | Class | Rank | Percent | Black Butte Crater Lava Field | Black Rock Desert | Buzzard Creek | Carrizozo | Craters of the Moon | Diamond Craters | Dotsero | Fort Selkirk | Haleakala | Hell's Half Acre | Hualalai | Imuruk Lake | Ingakslugwat Hills | Jordan Craters | Kilauea | Markagunt Plateau | Mauna Kea | Mauna Loa | Nazko | Red Hill | San Francisco Volcanic Field | St. Michael | St. Paul Island | Uinkaret Field | Wapi Lava Field | Wells Gray-Clearwater | Yellowstone | Zuni-Bandera | |
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1 | 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | 5.62% | 0.609% | 4.46% | 2.11% | 0.178% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |