District of Columbia

Florida

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Wyoming

Montana

Maine

North Dakota

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

North Carolina

Oregon

New Brunswick

Alabama

Kansas

Wisconsin

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Jersey

South Carolina

Michigan

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

Québec

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ontario

California

Arkansas

South Dakota

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

None

A map displaying areas affected by acid rain. Green shows regions currently experiencing acid rain: Parts of Eastern USA, Europe, and east Asia. Red shows areas with polluted air leading to acid rain: Parts of the central U S A, South America, and Europe.

Areas of the world significantly impacted by acid precipitation

Areas Affected by Acid Rain

World

Geosystems: Intro to Physical Geography

Alaska

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

British Columbia

A world map showing the distribution of continental shelves. The continental shelves extend into the oceans along the margins of the continents.

Extent of the world's continental shelves, which are extensions of continents submerged by the oceans

Continental Shelf

Key areas with prominent continental shelves shaded in dark blue include the eastern and western coasts of North America, particularly around the Gulf of Alaska, Hudson Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. The coasts of Europe, including the North Sea and the waters around the United Kingdom. The northern coast of Russia and the Arctic Ocean. The coasts of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The northern and eastern coasts of Australia. The coasts of South America, especially around the Gulf of California and the southern tip near Chile and Argentina. The western and southern coasts of Africa, particularly around Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.

Display by:	Areas Affected by Acid Rain		Continental Shelf
	Acid Rain	Polluted air emissions leading to acid rain	Continental Shelf
District of Columbia	100%
New Hampshire	100%
Vermont	100%
Wyoming		29.2%
Montana		29.3%
North Dakota		36.8%
Kentucky	24.3%	75.7%
Saskatchewan		1.42%
Mississippi	21.0%	78.9%
West Virginia	100%
Nebraska		98.1%
Missouri		100%
Oregon		52.1%
Kansas		63.2%
Wisconsin	36.3%	63.1%
South Carolina	99.8%
Michigan	27.7%	69.7%
Pennsylvania	99.3%	0.676%
Colorado		1.17%
Nevada		44.1%
Manitoba		0.172%
Oklahoma		27.0%
Tennessee	36.3%	63.7%
Ontario	33.3%	13.7%
Arkansas		100%
South Dakota		100%
Ohio	18.8%	81.1%
Indiana		100%
Minnesota		94.8%
Iowa		100%
Illinois		100%
Alaska			1.23%
Northwest Territories			0.420%
Florida	98.8%		1.79%
Rhode Island	92.1%		5.84%
Washington		3.59%	0.997%
Nunavut			1.49%
Maine	99.2%		0.686%
Nova Scotia	17.9%		3.29%
Virginia	99.4%		0.705%
Delaware	98.6%		2.06%
Prince Edward Island	93.0%		12.7%
Texas		0.245%	0.261%
Louisiana	8.21%	33.5%	1.29%
North Carolina	99.3%		0.611%
New Brunswick	2.23%		0.785%
Alabama	82.1%	17.8%	0.101%
British Columbia			1.05%
Newfoundland and Labrador	24.5%		2.04%
New Jersey	98.5%		2.40%
Connecticut	100%		0.150%
Massachusetts	96.4%		4.75%
Georgia	99.8%		0.232%
New York	2.48%		0.761%
Maryland	97.6%		2.12%
Québec	0.466%		0.215%
California		95.7%	0.133%