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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.

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Political Units, 1914

Political Units, 1950

Populist Governments Since 2000

	Cotton Production (U.S.)			Soil Erosion		HIV (U.S.)
	Class	Rank	Metric tons	Wind erosion	Water erosion	Class	Rank	Infections per 100,000 people
Saskatchewan				12.1%
Alberta				4.93%
Manitoba				6.10%
Ontario					2.00%
Alabama		6	1.83e+5		7.26%		17	342
Alaska		43	0.00				44	122
Arizona		12	6.10e+4	4.22%			23	283
Arkansas		3	3.42e+5		4.12%		27	239
California		10	9.45e+4	19.7%	24.3%		10	406
Colorado		46	0.00	30.2%	6.74%		24	269
Connecticut		36	0.00				16	345
Delaware		28	0.00				9	409
District of Columbia		48	0.00				1	2.26e+3
Florida		16	3.70e+4				5	613
Georgia		2	5.66e+5				4	644
Hawaii		33	0.00		57.1%		33	200
Idaho		31	0.00		3.94%		48	83.8
Illinois		51	0.00		84.6%		18	337
Indiana		24	0.00		12.0%		30	211
Iowa		19	0.00		100%		46	111
Kansas		15	3.92e+4	12.3%	62.5%		39	139
Kentucky		30	0.00		5.48%		31	210
Louisiana		11	7.84e+4		1.69%		6	553
Maine		20	0.00				38	141
Maryland		47	0.00		5.23%		3	655
Massachusetts		49	0.00				15	354
Michigan		35	0.00		1.12%		35	199
Minnesota		38	0.00	9.96%	35.6%		36	190
Mississippi		4	2.57e+5		21.9%		13	392
Missouri		7	1.81e+5		60.6%		25	249
Montana		41	0.00	17.8%			50	75.0
Nebraska		39	0.00	0.826%	52.2%		37	146
Nevada		44	0.00	11.8%			8	419
New Hampshire		37	0.00				45	112
New Jersey		32	0.00				7	468
New Mexico		17	2.68e+4	67.8%			28	222
New York		25	0.00				2	762
North Carolina		5	2.18e+5				14	374
North Dakota		29	0.00	95.1%	0.109%		49	83.4
Ohio		34	0.00		4.56%		26	240
Oklahoma		14	4.57e+4	29.4%	17.9%		34	200
Oregon		26	0.00		5.56%		32	202
Pennsylvania		27	0.00		25.9%		19	335
Rhode Island		50	0.00				22	292
South Carolina		9	1.15e+5				12	405
South Dakota		18	0.00	48.9%	18.4%		47	94.4
Tennessee		8	1.55e+5		12.6%		21	314
Texas		1	7.51e+5	23.3%	0.427%		11	405
Utah		21	0.00	0.308%			43	126
Vermont		22	0.00				42	133
Virginia		13	4.68e+4		7.05%		20	331
Washington		40	0.00		36.9%		29	220
West Virginia		42	0.00		11.5%		40	136
Wisconsin		45	0.00		43.5%		41	134
Wyoming		23	0.00	6.47%	2.84%		51	73.0

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Cotton Production (U.S.)