Australia

Australia & Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Denmark

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

Venezuela

Latin America

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Nigeria

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries based on natural gas produced. Highest producers, U S A and Russia, are shaded dark blue. Moderate producers, China, Australia, and Canada, are shaded moderate blue. Least producers, South America, and India are shaded light blue.

Natural gas production as a percentage of global production by country

Countries

World

Natural Gas Production (%)

Percent of world production

Alaska

Northwest Territories

Florida

Rhode Island

Washington

Nunavut

Maine

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Texas

Louisiana

North Carolina

New Brunswick

Alabama

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Jersey

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

Québec

California

None

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.

NOAA

Arizona

Utah

Idaho

Wyoming

Montana

North Dakota

Kentucky

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Missouri

Hawaii

Oregon

New Mexico

Kansas

Wisconsin

Michigan

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ontario

Arkansas

South Dakota

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

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.

ISRIC World Soil Information

District of Columbia

New Hampshire

Vermont

South Carolina

A map highlights earthquake hazard areas across the United States using a color-coded scheme to indicate different levels of hazard.

Areas in the United States with greater than 1% probability of potentially damaging ground shaking in one year

Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)

The lowest hazard areas are shaded in blue, covering parts of Texas, Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, as well as extreme northern regions of Alaska. Low hazard areas are shaded in purple, seen in regions such as parts of the eastern and middle United States, including Dallas, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Moderately low hazard areas are shaded in pink, found in central and northern Illinois, and spread across western parts including Oregon, Arizona, and New Mexico. Moderate hazard areas are shaded in orange, covering parts of the eastern and western regions, and most of Alaska. Moderately high hazard areas are shaded in yellow, covering regions such as the West Coast, including California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as Fairbanks in Alaska. High hazard areas are shaded in light brown, seen in parts of Anchorage and the western coastal regions. The highest hazard areas are shaded in dark brown, notably in regions like southern Alaska and parts of California, including the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas.

USGS

Acid Rain

African Languages

Agricultural Regions

Anthropogenic Biomes

Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks

Aquifers: Distribution and Recharge

Areas Affected by Acid Rain

Areas Affected by Trypanosomiasis

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Average Annual Snowfall

Average Distribution of Dew Point Temperatures, January

Average Distribution of Dew Point Temperatures, July

Average Number of Hail Storms

Average Number of Tornado Incidences per Year (U.S.)

Bantu Migrations

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas

Biomes

British Conquest of India

British Empire, Early 1920s

Caribbean Languages

Chinese Empires

Climate Zones

Cold Front

Colonial Possessions, 1914

Core Diamond Mining Areas

Days with Heavy Fog

Deforestation: Net Loss, 2000-2015

Deserts and Desertification Risk

Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in Modern Surface Sediments

Distribution of Neritic (Nearshore) and Pelagic (Open Ocean) Sediments

Drought Risk

Drug Cultivation and Production Regions

Early Sub-Saharan States and Empires

Ecological Regions: Level 1 Regions

Ethnic and Cultural Regions

Ethnic Diversity

Ethnic Groups (Iraq and Iran)

European Settlement Expansion

Forest Types, 1900

Former Soviet Republics

Former Warsaw Pact Members

General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil

Geographic Areas Under Dispute

Geology Rock Type

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Best-Case Projections

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (IPCC)

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Global Temperature Change

Groundwater Salinization

Habitat Fragmentation

Herder's Environment

Human Occupation

Natural Gas Production (%)			Continental Shelf	Soil Erosion		Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)
Class	Rank	Percent of world production	Continental Shelf	Wind erosion	Water erosion	Lowest hazard	Low hazard	Moderately low hazard	Moderate hazard	Moderately high hazard	High hazard	Highest hazard












			0.994%	18.0%	18.3%	26.4%	18.4%	16.6%	29.2%	5.20%	4.36%	7.41%

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Natural Gas Production (%)