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Vegetable production in North America: Highest production (dark green) include California and Florida. Moderate production (light green) is in the Midwest and Southeast U.S. Lowest production regions are in Canada and the Central U.S. (light yellow).

Farmland used for vegetable production in North America

US / CA States

North America

USDA

Vegetable Production

Acres

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.

World

ISRIC World Soil Information

Sea-surface temperature: Negative 0.5 to negative 1.5 (purple): Central Pacific regions. Negative 0.25 to 0.25 (light purple) are in the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean. 0.25 to 2.25 (red) are mostly in the North Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean.

A composite of sea-surface temperature anomalies during La Niña from November to March during the following years: 1955, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1989, and 1999. When sea-surface temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific drop below normal, it is known as a La Niña event.

	Vegetable Production			Soil Erosion		Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies: La Niña
	Class	Rank	Acres	Wind erosion	Water erosion	-1.75 to -1.5	-1.5 to -1.25	-1.25 to -1.0	-1.0 to -0.75	-0.5 to -0.25	-0.25 to 0.25	0.5 to 0.75
Connecticut		43	9,250
District of Columbia		63	0
Georgia		14	109,000
New Hampshire		52	3,700
Northwest Territories		62	8
South Carolina		30	30,300
Vermont		53	3,450
Yukon		61	47
Arizona		11	145,000	4.22%
Utah		50	6,690	0.308%
Idaho		2	354,000		3.94%
Wyoming		60	617	6.47%	2.84%
Montana		41	11,800	17.8%
North Dakota		18	79,000	95.1%	0.109%
Kentucky		44	8,960		5.48%
Saskatchewan		46	7,740	12.1%
Mississippi		27	36,800		21.9%
West Virginia		55	2,650		11.5%
Nebraska		34	23,300	0.826%	52.2%
Missouri		39	18,500		60.6%
Oregon		10	154,000		5.56%
Alabama		37	19,700		7.26%
New Mexico		32	28,000	67.8%
Kansas		51	6,380	12.3%	62.5%
Wisconsin		4	251,000		43.5%
Michigan		8	166,000		1.12%
Alberta		21	61,700	4.93%
Pennsylvania		24	48,100		25.9%
Colorado		17	79,300	30.2%	6.74%
Nevada		54	3,200	11.8%
Manitoba		19	68,800	6.10%
Oklahoma		49	6,860	29.4%	17.9%
Tennessee		33	27,700		12.6%
Ontario		7	170,000		2.00%
Arkansas		42	11,100		4.12%
South Dakota		59	830	48.9%	18.4%
Ohio		28	35,300		4.56%
Indiana		26	40,100		12.0%
Minnesota		6	212,000	9.96%	35.6%
Iowa		47	7,700		100%
Illinois		22	61,400		84.6%
Alaska		58	1,020								0.230%
Florida		5	245,000								0.528%
Rhode Island		56	2,240								4.64%
Washington		3	326,000		36.9%						0.523%
Nunavut		64	0								0.349%
Maine		20	62,200								0.133%
Nova Scotia		48	7,420								0.869%
Virginia		36	22,700		7.05%						0.126%
Delaware		29	33,600								0.762%
Prince Edward Island		16	88,900								1.45%
Texas		15	102,000	23.3%	0.427%						0.183%
Louisiana		40	12,900		1.69%							0.120%
Hawaii		45	8,580		57.1%	2.11%	0.444%	1.11%	0.206%	0.177%	1.57%
North Carolina		9	155,000								0.319%
New Brunswick		23	48,700								0.522%
British Columbia		35	23,000								0.181%
Newfoundland and Labrador		57	1,390								0.356%
New Jersey		25	47,800								0.329%
Massachusetts		38	19,000								1.78%
New York		13	125,000								0.105%
Maryland		31	29,300		5.23%						0.874%
Québec		12	134,000								0.107%
California		1	1,170,000	19.7%	24.3%						0.105%

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Vegetable Production