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Ecological Regions: Level 2 Labels

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Level 2 Ecological Regions of North America. There are more than 50 such regions, which are areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.

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A map shows ecological regions in North America with Level-2 regions marked by black dots. Regions include Taiga and Alaska Boreal Interior in the northwest; Temperate Prairies and others in the Great Plains; and regions in Mexico like Sierra Los Tuxtlas.

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Display by:	Ecological Regions: Level 2 Labels																																Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)							Farm Area (Acreage)
	ALASKA BOREAL INTERIOR	ALASKA TUNDRA	ARCTIC CORDILLERA	ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS	BOREAL CORDILLERA	BOREAL PLAIN	BROOKS RANGE TUNDRA	CENTRAL USA PLAINS	COLD DESERTS	EVERGLADES	HUDSON PLAIN	MARINE WEST COAST FOREST	MEDITERRANEAN CALIFORNIA	MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL AND SOUTHEAST USA COASTAL PLAINS	MIXED WOOD PLAINS	MIXED WOOD SHIELD	NORTHERN ARCTIC	OZARK/OUACHITA-APPALACHIAN FORESTS	SOFTWOOD SHIELD	SOUTH CENTRAL SEMIARID PRAIRIES	SOUTHEASTERN USA PLAINS	SOUTHERN ARCTIC	TAIGA CORDILLERA	TAIGA PLAIN	TAIGA SHIELD	TEMPERATE PRAIRIES	TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN	UPPER GILA MOUNTAINS	WARM DESERTS	WEST-CENTRAL SEMIARID PRAIRIES	WESTERN CORDILLERA	WESTERN SIERRA MADRE PIEDMONT	Lowest hazard	Low hazard	Moderately low hazard	Moderate hazard	Moderately high hazard	High hazard	Highest hazard	Class	Rank	Acres
Nunavut			8														20					4
District of Columbia																																		100%
Alabama																					1												2.82%	40.6%	43.3%	7.23%					35	8.80e+6
Alaska	2	8			15		1					6																					2.85%	1.92%	2.33%	38.6%	2.01%	5.60%	5.27%		52	8.30e+5
Alberta						1																				1															4	5.05e+7
Arizona																												2	1			1		6.30%	79.1%	4.42%					16	2.60e+7
Arkansas																		1			1													17.3%	39.7%	21.2%	1.93%	2.11%	7.50%		25	1.38e+7
British Columbia					1				1			1																			1				2.06%						42	6.45e+6
California												2	1																		1				3.21%	9.22%	1.48%	1.10%	28.4%		18	2.55e+7
Colorado																															1		5.33%	26.1%	34.0%	32.6%					11	3.17e+7
Connecticut																																			98.9%						58	4.40e+5
Delaware														1																				80.2%	18.7%						56	5.00e+5
Florida										1				1																			87.3%	10.9%							33	9.45e+6
Georgia																																	4.38%	39.2%	43.9%	10.4%	1.79%				34	9.30e+6
Hawaii																																			7.50%	6.67%	9.71%	4.93%	52.2%		49	1.12e+6
Idaho																																		2.22%	24.8%	28.3%	9.56%				28	1.18e+7
Illinois																					1													52.5%	18.5%	13.6%	11.9%	1.07%	1.91%		15	2.69e+7
Indiana								1																										50.5%	36.9%	9.25%	3.12%				22	1.47e+7
Iowa																										1							92.6%	7.45%							12	3.05e+7
Kansas																																	42.9%	9.98%							5	4.60e+7
Kentucky																																		7.69%	64.8%	10.2%	7.55%	1.03%	3.57%		26	1.30e+7
Louisiana																																	6.85%	90.8%	1.03%						39	7.75e+6
Maine				1																															63.3%	7.54%					47	1.45e+6
Manitoba																																									19	1.80e+7
Maryland																																		87.1%	10.7%						46	2.02e+6
Massachusetts														1																					79.0%	15.4%					55	5.20e+5
Michigan								1							1	1																	74.0%	24.1%							32	9.95e+6
Minnesota																1																	99.1%								17	2.59e+7
Mississippi														1																				46.6%	33.2%	16.6%	3.37%				31	1.08e+7
Missouri																																	8.53%	41.8%	23.6%	11.8%	7.42%	1.26%	5.55%		14	2.83e+7
Montana																														1	3		20.1%	5.22%	15.0%	22.0%	2.02%				3	5.97e+7
Nebraska																														1			33.8%	2.42%	1.45%						6	4.52e+7
Nevada									1																										6.24%	61.7%	15.9%	6.20%	1.29%		43	5.96e+6
New Brunswick															1																										51	9.38e+5
New Hampshire																																			39.4%	60.3%					57	4.70e+5
New Jersey														1																				17.9%	69.2%	10.9%					53	7.20e+5
New Mexico																												4					7.73%	4.90%	54.5%	8.67%					8	4.32e+7
New York				2										1																				31.8%	35.5%	13.6%	7.01%				41	7.20e+6
Newfoundland and Labrador																			1																						59	7.73e+4
North Carolina														1							1												5.87%	47.3%	35.4%	9.17%	1.38%				36	8.30e+6
North Dakota																										1							98.6%	1.38%							9	3.92e+7
Northwest Territories																	3					1		1	1																62	869
Nova Scotia				2																																					50	1.02e+6
Ohio																																		85.3%	2.10%	1.52%					24	1.40e+7
Oklahoma																																		43.3%	42.2%	13.7%					10	3.42e+7
Ontario											1				1				1																						27	1.27e+7
Oregon												1																							1.50%	41.7%	13.0%	4.40%	4.75%		20	1.64e+7
Pennsylvania				1																														85.9%	14.1%						40	7.70e+6
Prince Edward Island															1																										54	5.94e+5
Québec			1													1	1		2			1			1																37	8.26e+6
Rhode Island														1																					93.7%						60	7.00e+4
Saskatchewan																															1										2	6.16e+7
South Carolina																																			22.6%	58.4%	8.92%	2.25%	7.66%		44	5.00e+6
South Dakota																															1		27.5%	53.6%	8.87%						7	4.33e+7
Tennessee																																			28.9%	15.6%	11.5%	1.92%	8.15%		30	1.09e+7
Texas																				2	1						1						54.2%	29.7%	7.88%						1	1.30e+8
Utah									1																						1				12.7%	56.8%	6.12%	1.39%			29	1.10e+7
Vermont																																			81.9%	18.1%					48	1.25e+6
Virginia																																	1.50%	39.8%	49.9%	5.34%					38	8.10e+6
Washington									1																						2				25.6%	38.5%	19.2%	5.52%	10.1%		21	1.47e+7
West Virginia																		1																66.8%	33.2%						45	3.60e+6
Wisconsin															1																		95.7%	4.01%							23	1.44e+7
Wyoming									1																						1			5.20%	20.2%	63.6%	8.78%				13	3.04e+7
Yukon																							1																		61	2.63e+4

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