A world map shows nitrate mining locations marked by orange circles with "N." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Major clusters are in the U S (western states), Mexico, and northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Nitrate Mines | Caledonian and Hercynian (or Appalachian) remnants | Isolated volcanic areas | Alpine system | Sedimentary covers | Laurasian shields | No data | Arid and low water use | Low (<10%) | Low-medium (10-20%) | Medium-high (20-40%) | High (40-80%) | Extremely high (>80%) | |
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Alaska | 98.0% | 0.132% | 87.9% | 0.193% | 0.154% | 1.32% | |||||||
Arizona | 2 | 100% | 3.34% | 9.37% | 6.97% | 0.448% | 4.52% | ||||||
Utah | 4 | 100% | 20.8% | 13.7% | 0.313% | 0.420% | 49.5% | ||||||
Yukon | 99.8% | 0.165% | 0.923% | 99.0% | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | 5.87% | 7.69% | 49.6% | 35.7% | 0.342% | 3.62% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||
Florida | 98.5% | 10.4% | 12.0% | 0.279% | 0.266% | 0.590% | |||||||
Idaho | 2 | 100% | 0.772% | 13.8% | 28.4% | 8.83% | 44.9% | ||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 17.2% | 33.7% | 40.5% | 8.46% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | 93.3% | 0.183% | 86.5% | 6.09% | |||||||||
Vermont | 92.0% | 8.01% | 7.27% | 88.3% | 4.41% | ||||||||
Washington | 99.0% | 72.6% | 3.37% | 5.42% | 0.287% | 6.53% | |||||||
Wyoming | 1 | 56.0% | 44.0% | 21.7% | 0.541% | 70.3% | |||||||
Nunavut | 23.2% | 20.4% | 53.5% | 0.979% | 18.2% | ||||||||
Montana | 2 | 37.5% | 62.5% | 28.7% | 2.60% | 14.6% | 5.24% | 35.2% | |||||
Maine | 99.1% | 94.9% | 2.65% | 0.228% | 0.817% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 96.7% | 3.34% | 7.38% | 3.22% | 4.45% | 0.249% | 9.67% | 36.7% | |||||
Kentucky | 100% | 76.6% | 17.7% | 5.68% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 93.9% | 0.182% | 80.1% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 69.9% | 29.1% | 11.9% | 0.775% | 16.4% | 1.64% | |||||||
Delaware | 16.5% | 77.6% | 0.105% | 37.7% | 61.1% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 66.2% | 98.5% | |||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 58.9% | 41.1% | 4.25% | 59.9% | 2.62% | 2.54% | 2.67% | 0.868% | |||||
Mississippi | 99.9% | 74.5% | 1.57% | 23.9% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 13.2% | 86.8% | 63.6% | 17.6% | 14.6% | ||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | 0.605% | 3.54% | 22.3% | 73.5% | ||||||||
Texas | 6 | 6.01% | 93.7% | 4.07% | 3.41% | 2.84% | 1.94% | 22.5% | 2.71% | ||||
Missouri | 1 | 1.58% | 98.4% | 45.5% | 14.9% | 0.131% | 5.37% | ||||||
Louisiana | 98.5% | 54.5% | 20.6% | 5.75% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 76.7% | 7.82% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 57.9% | 40.5% | 0.116% | 12.2% | 54.7% | 3.14% | 0.982% | ||||||
Oregon | 3 | 99.9% | 14.3% | 48.2% | 11.8% | 4.82% | 0.772% | 0.847% | |||||
New Brunswick | 99.0% | 99.5% | |||||||||||
Alabama | 31.4% | 68.5% | 92.6% | 5.45% | 0.987% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 1 | 77.9% | 22.1% | 30.3% | 0.128% | 7.32% | 21.7% | ||||||
Kansas | 100% | 0.176% | 1.82% | 13.8% | 68.4% | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 62.0% | 38.0% | 5.67% | 25.0% | 40.8% | 9.68% | |||||||
British Columbia | 94.9% | 4.13% | 92.0% | 1.55% | 0.285% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.3% | 74.2% | 74.5% | ||||||||||
New Jersey | 68.7% | 27.2% | 0.162% | 3.07% | 94.0% | 1.76% | |||||||
South Carolina | 57.0% | 42.9% | 0.748% | 24.6% | 36.2% | ||||||||
Michigan | 87.8% | 12.2% | 56.0% | 3.00% | 4.63% | 9.70% | |||||||
Alberta | 6.99% | 87.8% | 5.22% | 3.52% | 56.8% | 0.267% | 4.01% | 3.67% | 11.4% | ||||
Connecticut | 100% | 0.460% | 29.6% | 24.9% | 23.8% | 1.35% | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 26.2% | 73.8% | 1.42% | 27.8% | 49.9% | 3.96% | |||||||
Colorado | 64.2% | 35.8% | 0.795% | 9.40% | 85.2% | ||||||||
Nevada | 1 | 100% | 8.21% | 0.731% | 1.40% | 0.413% | 2.80% | 24.0% | |||||
Massachusetts | 93.6% | 0.206% | 0.166% | 33.6% | 8.30% | 30.7% | |||||||
Georgia | 45.5% | 54.4% | 8.71% | 47.0% | 37.9% | ||||||||
New York | 43.3% | 55.9% | 25.4% | 5.89% | 56.3% | 5.19% | 0.401% | ||||||
Maryland | 48.7% | 48.4% | 0.151% | 4.45% | 64.3% | 1.05% | 8.49% | ||||||
Québec | 3.44% | 1.99% | 94.2% | 99.1% | 0.240% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 30.3% | 69.6% | 0.656% | 83.1% | 11.7% | 2.04% | 1.39% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 10.9% | 89.1% | 11.4% | 5.60% | 4.28% | 17.9% | 30.0% | ||||||
Tennessee | 16.8% | 83.2% | 90.1% | 5.50% | |||||||||
Ontario | 30.7% | 69.2% | 97.2% | 1.67% | 1.13% | ||||||||
California | 3 | 99.7% | 0.688% | 12.5% | 0.232% | 17.8% | 2.26% | 1.00% | |||||
Arkansas | 11.0% | 89.0% | 12.6% | 46.8% | 33.2% | 6.01% | |||||||
South Dakota | 8.10% | 79.3% | 12.6% | 32.7% | 3.47% | 37.3% | 22.0% | ||||||
Ohio | 100% | 3.42% | 0.721% | 29.0% | |||||||||
Indiana | 100% | 0.434% | 1.19% | 8.61% | 4.78% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 17.0% | 83.0% | 21.0% | 3.81% | 13.1% | 23.4% | 22.0% | ||||||
Iowa | 99.0% | 1.02% | 26.6% | 12.5% | 44.0% | 16.3% | 0.628% | ||||||
Illinois | 100% | 30.9% | 0.187% | 44.1% | 9.75% |
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