Areas Affected by Acid Rain
WorldPhysical EnvironmentAreas of the world significantly impacted by acid precipitation
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A map displaying areas affected by acid rain. Green shows regions currently experiencing acid rain: Parts of Eastern USA, Europe, and east Asia. Red shows areas with polluted air leading to acid rain: Parts of the central U S A, South America, and Europe.
Acid Rain | Polluted air emissions leading to acid rain | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | |
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Alaska | 0.263% | 0.281% | 82.1% | 11.6% | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 23.6% | 2.88% | 10.7% | 39.0% | 0.733% | 5.07% | ||||||||||
Utah | 0.588% | 61.0% | 7.26% | 6.12% | ||||||||||||
Yukon | 98.1% | 1.84% | ||||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.348% | 72.6% | 0.290% | |||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 98.8% | 4.03% | 1.55% | 91.4% | ||||||||||||
Idaho | 2.91% | 30.2% | 3.27% | 54.9% | 1.18% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 76.3% | 23.7% | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 92.1% | 13.3% | 69.7% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 100% | 99.7% | 0.255% | |||||||||||||
Washington | 3.59% | 5.04% | 1.86% | 1.11% | 24.0% | 43.6% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 29.2% | 7.26% | 46.3% | 0.567% | 32.4% | 12.0% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 11.8% | 17.3% | ||||||||||||||
Montana | 29.3% | 57.3% | 38.2% | 1.27% | ||||||||||||
Maine | 99.2% | 93.3% | 6.03% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 36.8% | 10.1% | 1.48% | 86.6% | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 24.3% | 75.7% | 92.1% | 7.93% | ||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 17.9% | 75.7% | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | 99.4% | 80.5% | 3.31% | 4.25% | 9.08% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 98.6% | 86.7% | 10.3% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 93.0% | 89.3% | ||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 1.42% | 0.467% | 36.8% | 57.3% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 21.0% | 78.9% | 99.8% | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 100% | 29.5% | 25.5% | 4.76% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 98.1% | 17.7% | 79.4% | 2.90% | ||||||||||||
Texas | 0.245% | 2.54% | 13.8% | 23.0% | 60.1% | |||||||||||
Missouri | 100% | 26.4% | 72.3% | |||||||||||||
Louisiana | 8.21% | 33.5% | 97.6% | |||||||||||||
Hawaii | 6.90% | 5.68% | 2.83% | 0.523% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 99.3% | 91.1% | 3.09% | 0.441% | ||||||||||||
Oregon | 52.1% | 6.51% | 31.0% | 31.1% | 15.4% | 5.08% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 2.23% | 97.3% | ||||||||||||||
Alabama | 82.1% | 17.8% | 100% | |||||||||||||
New Mexico | 0.730% | 68.2% | 0.895% | 2.27% | 0.265% | 0.661% | 14.3% | 0.207% | ||||||||
Kansas | 63.2% | 22.6% | 9.98% | 67.4% | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 36.3% | 63.1% | 21.4% | 78.5% | ||||||||||||
British Columbia | 0.184% | 0.977% | 0.593% | 0.282% | 40.5% | 47.6% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.5% | 13.1% | 63.7% | 9.22% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 98.5% | 24.0% | 56.9% | 17.8% | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 99.8% | 99.3% | 0.150% | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 27.7% | 69.7% | 16.9% | 83.0% | 0.172% | |||||||||||
Alberta | 3.24% | 63.2% | 13.0% | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 100% | 51.3% | 48.4% | |||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 99.3% | 0.676% | 0.122% | 52.0% | 44.8% | |||||||||||
Colorado | 1.17% | 56.3% | 2.11% | 28.6% | 8.17% | 0.521% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 44.1% | 8.09% | 6.39% | 39.1% | 0.125% | 1.34% | 0.631% | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 96.4% | 1.16% | 78.7% | |||||||||||||
Georgia | 99.8% | 99.6% | 0.332% | |||||||||||||
New York | 2.48% | 2.68% | 93.4% | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 97.6% | 29.2% | 31.9% | 5.56% | ||||||||||||
Québec | 0.466% | 0.104% | 20.2% | 62.1% | 14.6% | |||||||||||
Manitoba | 0.172% | 33.0% | 66.8% | |||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 27.0% | 9.80% | 90.2% | |||||||||||||
Tennessee | 36.3% | 63.7% | 98.2% | 1.29% | 0.470% | |||||||||||
Ontario | 33.3% | 13.7% | 0.290% | 53.6% | 42.8% | |||||||||||
California | 95.7% | 19.3% | 2.56% | 1.48% | 0.371% | 49.0% | 7.52% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 100% | 41.0% | 41.2% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 18.8% | 81.1% | 3.59% | 81.0% | 15.0% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | 6.32% | 92.9% | 0.816% | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 94.8% | 15.1% | 84.4% | |||||||||||||
Iowa | 100% | 96.5% | 0.309% | |||||||||||||
Illinois | 100% | 6.99% | 89.9% | 1.23% | ||||||||||||