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Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

WorldPhysical Environment

Levels of concern for there to be a decline in soil quality caused by its improper use, usually for agricultural, pastoral, industrial, or urban purposes.

Geosystems: Intro to Physical Geography

A map illustrates areas at risk of soil degradation worldwide, categorized by serious concern, some concern, stable terrain, and non-vegetated land.

The map shows areas at risk of soil degradation using different colors.

Areas of Serious Concern (light pink): North America: Great Plains, southwestern deserts, and Mississippi Valley.

Central America: Most of the land.

South America: Lands along the Andes mountains, parts of interior and coastal Brazil.

Europe: Mostly in Eastern Europe.

Africa: Near the Mediterranean in North Africa; lands of the Sahel along the southern border of the Sahara; in and around Nigeria in West Africa; the island of Madagascar; smaller patches in East Africa and southern Africa.

Asia: Central and eastern China, much of mainland Southeast Asia, the islands of Borneo, and the Philippines.

Australia: Southeast Australia has a small area of serious concern.

Areas of Some Concern (light purple): Found in scattered regions across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Stable Terrain (light blue): These areas include parts of North America mostly in Canada, South America in parts of Brazil, and in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Nonvegetated Land (dark blue): Predominantly in desert regions such as the Sahara, Central Asia, and parts of Australia.

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	Areas of serious concern	Areas of some concern	Stable terrain	Nonvegetated land	AES Deepwater Oil Plant TX USA	Baxter Wilson Oil Plant MS USA	Bayboro Oil Plant FL USA	Benning Oil Plant DC USA	Blue Lake Oil Plant MN USA	Bowline Point Oil Plant NY USA	Burlington Oil Plant CO USA	Burnside Combustion Turbines Generating Station Canada	Buzzard Point Oil Plant DC USA	Buzzard Roost Oil Plant SC USA	Canal Oil Plant MA USA	Chillicothe Oil Plant MO USA	Cleary Flood Oil Plant MA USA	Commonwealth Chesapeake Oil Plant VA USA	Courtney Bay Oil Power Plant Canada (Shutdown)	Croydon CT Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Dalhousie Oil Power Station Canada	Darbytown Oil Plant VA USA	DeBary Oil Plant FL USA	Delaware Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Devon Station Oil Plant CT USA	Edgewater Oil Plant OH USA	ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Oil Plant TX USA	Fermi Oil Plant MI USA	Frederickson Oil Plant WA USA	G E Turner Oil Plant FL USA	Gerald Andrus Oil Plant MS USA	Gravel Neck Oil Plant VA USA	Hay Road CCGT Power Plant DE USA	Holtsville Oil Plant NY USA	Holyrood Thermal Generating Station Canada	Honolulu Oil Plant HI USA	Indian River Oil Plant FL USA	Intercession City Oil Plant FL USA	Jones Street Oil Plant NE USA	Kalaeola Cogen Plant Oil Plant HI USA	Kemper County Oil Plant MS USA	Lagoon Creek Oil Plant TN USA	Lincoln Combustion Oil Plant NC USA	Maalaea Oil Plant HI USA	Manatee Oil Plant FL USA	Marshalltown Oil Plant IA USA	Martin Oil Plant FL USA	McKee Run Oil Plant DE USA	McManus Oil Plant GA USA	Miami Wabash Oil Plant IN USA	Middletown Oil Plant CT USA	Millbank OCGT Generating Station Canada	Millinocket Mill Oil Plant ME USA	Montville Station Oil Plant CT USA	Myrtle Beach Oil Plant SC USA	Newington Oil Plant NH USA	North Pole Oil Plant AK USA	Northeast Oil Plant MO USA	Northport Oil Plant NY USA	Northside Generating Station Oil Plant FL USA	Oakland Power Plant Oil Plant CA USA	Oswego Harbor Power Oil Plant NY USA	P L Bartow Oil Plant FL USA	Panda Brandywine LP Oil Plant MD USA	Parkdale Oil Plant TX USA	Point Beach Oil Plant WI USA	Port Everglades Oil Plant FL USA	Potter Station 2 Oil Plant MA USA	PPL Shoreham Energy LLC Oil Plant NY USA	PSEG Albany Generating Station Oil Plant NY USA	Richmond Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Riviera Oil Plant FL USA	Roseton Generating Station Oil Plant NY USA	Schuylkill Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Sherman Avenue Oil Plant NJ USA	Spirit Mound Oil Plant SD USA	Stony Brook Oil Plant MA USA	Suwannee River Oil Plant FL USA	Thomas Fitzhugh Oil Plant AR USA	Tufts Cove Oil Generating Station Canada	Turkey Point Oil Plant FL USA	Vienna Operations Oil Plant MD USA	Wading River Oil Plant NY USA	Waiau Oil Plant HI USA	Warren Oil Plant PA USA	Werner Oil Plant NJ USA	West Springfield Oil Plant MA USA	Wilson Oil Plant GA USA
Arizona	30.7%	40.9%		28.4%
Utah	13.6%	86.4%
Yukon			100%
Northwest Territories			3.06%
Idaho	12.7%	87.3%
Rhode Island			95.0%
Vermont		2.39%	97.6%
Wyoming	3.04%	97.0%
Nunavut			0.587%
Montana	5.14%	83.8%
North Dakota	92.0%	8.03%
Kentucky	1.37%	98.6%
Prince Edward Island			96.6%
Saskatchewan	11.6%	38.7%	49.7%
West Virginia	26.7%	73.3%
Louisiana	0.161%	18.9%	29.5%
Oregon	0.146%	13.9%	59.9%
Alabama		73.2%	26.7%
New Mexico	5.86%	92.2%		1.91%
Kansas	64.1%	35.9%
British Columbia		3.99%	0.242%
Alberta	3.89%	14.0%	65.8%
Nevada	54.5%	39.8%	0.655%
Québec		0.218%	94.2%
Manitoba	5.67%	12.3%	81.9%
Oklahoma	31.0%	69.0%
Ontario		8.22%	91.7%
Illinois	96.6%	3.35%
Alaska			0.154%																																																						1
District of Columbia		100%						1					1
Florida			99.0%				1																1							1							1	1							1		1													1			1				1					1						1			1
New Hampshire			100%																																																					1
Washington	12.5%	11.9%	5.51%																										1
Maine		0.171%	80.4%																																																		1
Nova Scotia			18.4%									1																																																																				1
Virginia	25.7%	74.1%																1				1										1
Delaware		99.3%																															1															1
Mississippi	18.4%	64.8%	16.8%			1																									1										1
Nebraska	94.5%	5.51%																																					1
Texas	13.8%	77.2%		8.74%	1																						1																																						1
Missouri	53.7%	46.3%														1																																										1
Hawaii			1.16%																																	1				1				1																																								1
North Carolina		99.4%																																									1
New Brunswick		35.3%	63.9%																1		1																															1
Wisconsin	41.4%	38.2%	20.4%																																																															1
Newfoundland and Labrador			24.7%																																1
New Jersey		99.1%																		1																																																							1											1
South Carolina		90.8%	9.02%											1																																									1
Michigan		70.3%	29.6%																									1
Connecticut		1.86%	98.1%																						1																										1			1
Pennsylvania	12.1%	87.9%																						1																																															1			1											1
Colorado	35.4%	64.6%									1
Massachusetts			0.575%												1		1																																																			1									1										1
Georgia		64.0%	35.9%																																														1																																							1
New York		2.49%	25.0%							1																								1																									1			1							1	1			1										1
Maryland	23.5%	74.6%																																																														1																		1
Tennessee	4.84%	95.2%																																								1
California	10.6%	60.7%	22.9%	5.57%																																																									1
Arkansas	31.1%	68.9%																																																																													1
South Dakota	56.9%	43.1%																																																																										1
Ohio		100%																								1
Indiana	2.05%	97.9%																																																1
Minnesota	26.5%	61.6%	11.9%						1
Iowa	99.1%	0.440%																																												1

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