Florida

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Washington

Maine

Virginia

Delaware

Mississippi

Texas

Louisiana

North Carolina

Oregon

Alabama

Wisconsin

New Jersey

South Carolina

Michigan

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

California

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

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A world map shows the major manufacturing regions (shaded red) in North America: Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Québec City.

Locations of major manufacturing regions in North America

Major Manufacturing Regions

North America

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Missouri

Québec

Ontario

A map displaying major industrial centers marked by green dots. The map highlights industrial hubs in the U S A, U K, most of Europe, Austria, India, Pakistan, Japan, Spain, Istanbul and Eastern Asia.

The world's major centers of industrial production

Major Industrial Centers

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Arizona

Utah

Idaho

Wyoming

Montana

North Dakota

Kentucky

Saskatchewan

West Virginia

Nebraska

Hawaii

New Mexico

Kansas

Alberta

Colorado

Nevada

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Arkansas

South Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa

A map highlights the regions of the world with areas affected by wind erosion highlighted in dark red and water erosion-affected areas highlighted in dark blue.

Areas of soil degradation where human activities result in high or very high levels of water and wind erosion

Soil Erosion

In North America, wind erosion significantly impacts the Great Plains in southern Canada and the adjacent northern Great Plains of the United States. This issue extends to the southern plains, affecting regions in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Water erosion is prevalent in the eastern plains, the Midwest, parts of the Mississippi River Valley, Michigan, southern Ontario, and the mountainous areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. In the western United States, water erosion affects parts of California and eastern Washington, while wind erosion is notable in the deserts of southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. Western Mexico faces water erosion along its length, which continues through Central America to Panama and includes major Caribbean islands like Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Wind erosion is also observed in northern Mexico. In South America, water erosion is prominent along the Andes mountains from Venezuela to Bolivia, in central Chile south of Santiago, and along Brazil's Atlantic coast from Recife southward to southeastern areas. The southern Andes of Bolivia and northern Chile experience wind erosion, as does east-central Brazil. Northwestern Europe sees minimal soil erosion, but water erosion does occur in Spain, southeastern and central Europe, and western Russia, extending into Siberia in Asia. Ukraine and southern Russia are susceptible to wind erosion. In North Africa, wind erosion affects the northern Sahara from Algeria to western Egypt and extends across the Sahel from Mauritania to Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has scattered water erosion patches in West Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, southern Africa (notably South Africa), and Madagascar. Southwest Asia experiences widespread wind erosion on the Arabian Peninsula and in Iran, while water erosion impacts Turkey, northern Iran, Yemen, and southern Oman. Central Asia faces water erosion in northwestern Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. In South Asia, northwest India deals with wind erosion, whereas water erosion is widespread across India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and parts of Bangladesh. Southeast Asia encounters extensive water erosion in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia (particularly Borneo and Java). East Asia experiences water erosion in large parts of eastern China and wind erosion in northern China, eastern Mongolia, and various areas in western China. In Oceania, small areas of water erosion are found in eastern and western Australia, Vanuatu, and New Zealand’s North Island.

Display by:	Major Manufacturing Regions	Major Industrial Centers	Soil Erosion
	Major Manufacturing Regions	Major Industrial Centers	Wind erosion	Water erosion
Florida	1.05%
New Hampshire	9.56%
Rhode Island	95.4%
Maine	1.13%
Delaware	99.2%
North Carolina	25.1%
New Jersey	99.7%
South Carolina	4.41%
Connecticut	96.8%
Georgia	16.0%
New York	5.11%
Massachusetts	69.1%	1
Québec		1
Arizona			4.22%
Utah			0.308%
Idaho				3.94%
Washington	2.09%	1		36.9%
Wyoming			6.47%	2.84%
Montana			17.8%
North Dakota			95.1%	0.109%
Kentucky				5.48%
Virginia	1.67%			7.05%
Saskatchewan			12.1%
Mississippi	7.80%			21.9%
West Virginia				11.5%
Nebraska			0.826%	52.2%
Texas	4.52%	1	23.3%	0.427%
Missouri		1		60.6%
Louisiana	41.4%			1.69%
Hawaii				57.1%
Oregon	3.46%			5.56%
Alabama	21.3%			7.26%
New Mexico			67.8%
Kansas			12.3%	62.5%
Wisconsin	5.64%			43.5%
Michigan	7.08%	1		1.12%
Alberta			4.93%
Pennsylvania	8.60%	1		25.9%
Colorado			30.2%	6.74%
Nevada			11.8%
Maryland	44.6%			5.23%
Manitoba			6.10%
Oklahoma			29.4%	17.9%
Tennessee				12.6%
Ontario		1		2.00%
California	9.09%	1	19.7%	24.3%
Arkansas				4.12%
South Dakota			48.9%	18.4%
Ohio	13.6%	1		4.56%
Indiana	3.18%			12.0%
Minnesota			9.96%	35.6%
Iowa				100%
Illinois	6.47%	1		84.6%

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Major Manufacturing Regions