Ring of Fire
WorldPhysical EnvironmentLocation of the Ring of Fire, a tectonic zone with many active volcanoes and earthquakes
USGSA world map of the Ring of Fire indicated with dashed lines. It covers the Pacific Ocean's edges, including Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, the Aleutian Islands, and the west coasts of North and South America.
Ring of Fire | Evergreen forest | Deciduous forest | Water | Mixed forest | Shrublands | Savannas | Grasslands | Permanent wetlands | Urban and built-up | Cropland and natural vegetation | Snow and ice | Barren or sparsely vegetated | |
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British Columbia | |||||||||||||
Yukon | |||||||||||||
Idaho | |||||||||||||
Nevada | |||||||||||||
Oregon | |||||||||||||
Washington | |||||||||||||
New Mexico | |||||||||||||
Alaska | 0.877% | 0.260% | 33.1% | 23.3% | 3.90% | 0.194% | |||||||
Arizona | 1.24% | 82.2% | 0.905% | 12.8% | 2.58% | ||||||||
Utah | 1.37% | 71.1% | 6.04% | ||||||||||
Yukon | 11.0% | 34.4% | 44.3% | 0.183% | 4.06% | ||||||||
Northwest Territories | 8.23% | 2.25% | 0.109% | 50.3% | 0.342% | 0.521% | 0.256% | ||||||
District of Columbia | 90.9% | 9.14% | |||||||||||
Florida | 0.732% | 69.7% | 6.73% | 2.76% | 0.989% | ||||||||
Idaho | 34.0% | 57.6% | 2.52% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 42.8% | 46.8% | |||||||||||
Vermont | 52.7% | 32.3% | 14.6% | ||||||||||
Washington | 38.7% | 30.4% | 2.11% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 5.80% | 92.0% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | 17.6% | 0.661% | 14.7% | ||||||||||
Montana | 18.5% | 76.4% | 1.52% | ||||||||||
Maine | 98.8% | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 23.6% | 1.29% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 34.2% | 65.3% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 77.1% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 37.9% | 29.7% | 1.92% | 8.03% | |||||||||
Delaware | 3.32% | 94.5% | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 54.0% | ||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 40.6% | 5.40% | 2.31% | 7.63% | 4.39% | 36.0% | |||||||
Mississippi | 29.5% | 9.44% | 22.9% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 96.2% | 1.85% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 60.9% | 39.1% | |||||||||||
Texas | 16.6% | 11.5% | 63.9% | 0.593% | 0.322% | ||||||||
Missouri | 13.6% | 1.69% | 84.7% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 3.55% | 21.5% | 12.9% | 26.3% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 57.1% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 2.93% | 0.571% | 11.8% | 22.1% | |||||||||
Oregon | 39.9% | 46.3% | 1.78% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 98.0% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.53% | 41.9% | 10.2% | 1.99% | |||||||||
New Mexico | 2.71% | 48.6% | 33.8% | 0.141% | |||||||||
Kansas | 76.0% | 8.38% | |||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5.34% | 0.733% | 24.3% | 69.7% | |||||||||
British Columbia | 10.9% | 4.59% | 0.944% | 0.141% | 0.358% | 0.225% | 5.56% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 22.0% | 15.0% | 29.3% | 14.1% | 2.34% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 15.9% | 31.5% | 35.6% | 7.11% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 3.99% | 13.8% | 0.475% | 4.46% | |||||||||
Michigan | 1.66% | 3.94% | 16.6% | 1.80% | 48.8% | ||||||||
Alberta | 24.3% | 30.3% | 0.208% | 3.41% | 0.266% | ||||||||
Connecticut | 98.8% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 54.7% | 1.93% | 18.7% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 7.58% | 0.276% | 88.5% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 0.345% | 2.21% | 65.5% | 1.16% | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 26.1% | 56.3% | 9.42% | ||||||||||
Georgia | 2.03% | 1.36% | 6.94% | 16.9% | 1.91% | 2.16% | 0.313% | ||||||
New York | 27.2% | 0.385% | 15.0% | 0.153% | 0.584% | ||||||||
Maryland | 11.5% | 2.19% | 81.3% | ||||||||||
Québec | 5.39% | 3.99% | 38.7% | 9.24% | 4.66% | 1.11% | |||||||
Manitoba | 37.5% | 3.53% | 5.69% | 25.2% | 2.44% | 3.56% | 13.2% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 2.23% | 13.4% | 81.7% | 2.65% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 23.2% | 3.17% | 14.9% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 32.1% | 0.585% | 0.132% | 3.80% | 0.824% | 18.9% | 0.176% | 6.74% | |||||
California | 25.6% | 27.5% | 1.33% | 8.18% | 1.87% | 10.1% | 0.505% | ||||||
Arkansas | 10.7% | 33.2% | 2.79% | 0.791% | 52.5% | ||||||||
South Dakota | 1.78% | 57.1% | 41.1% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 15.3% | 0.254% | 84.5% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 3.37% | 0.562% | 96.1% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 0.174% | 28.8% | 0.689% | 70.4% | |||||||||
Iowa | 100% | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 4.06% | 95.9% | |||||||||||
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