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Major karst regions in the world

A map illustrates the major karst regions in the world.

Areas shaded in peach represent major karst regions worldwide. In North America, significant karst areas are found in northern and central Canada and the eastern and southwestern United States. In Central America, karst landscapes are prevalent, with notable areas in eastern Brazil. Europe features many karst regions, extending across North Africa from Algeria to Egypt and reaching south to Nigeria in the west and South Sudan in the east. Southern Africa also has prominent karst areas. In Southwest Asia, karst regions are widespread, as well as in Siberia and south-central China. New Guinea and eastern and southern Australia are also marked by significant karst landscapes.

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Display by:	Major Karst Regions	Cotton Production (U.S.)			Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
	Major Karst Regions	Class	Rank	Metric tons	Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
Yukon	2.27%
Newfoundland and Labrador	9.36%
Alberta	4.20%
Québec	2.89%
Manitoba	13.2%
Ontario	5.81%
Arizona	6.12%		12	6.10e+4
Arkansas	17.2%		3	3.42e+5
Colorado			46	0.00
Idaho	0.527%		31	0.00
Illinois	16.2%		51	0.00
Indiana	33.8%		24	0.00
Iowa	0.441%		19	0.00
Kansas	2.31%		15	3.92e+4
Kentucky	7.06%		30	0.00
Michigan	8.03%		35	0.00
Minnesota	16.9%		38	0.00
Mississippi	5.48%		4	2.57e+5
Missouri	0.407%		7	1.81e+5
Montana			41	0.00
Nebraska	5.07%		39	0.00
Nevada	4.77%		44	0.00
New Mexico	29.5%		17	2.68e+4
North Dakota	18.3%		29	0.00
Ohio			34	0.00
Oklahoma	4.68%		14	4.57e+4
Pennsylvania	14.8%		27	0.00
South Dakota			18	0.00
Tennessee	4.04%		8	1.55e+5
Texas	0.625%		1	7.51e+5
Utah	16.5%		21	0.00
Vermont			22	0.00
West Virginia	27.1%		42	0.00
Wisconsin	31.1%		45	0.00
Wyoming	4.22%		23	0.00
Alaska			43	0.00	0.230%
Northwest Territories	1.44%				0.106%
District of Columbia			48	0.00	6.93%
Florida	42.1%		16	3.70e+4	0.876%
New Hampshire			37	0.00	0.244%
Rhode Island			50	0.00	3.07%
Washington			40	0.00	0.110%
Nunavut	3.79%				0.118%
Maine	1.04%		20	0.00	0.127%
Nova Scotia	45.5%				0.134%
Virginia	17.5%		13	4.68e+4	0.108%
Delaware			28	0.00	5.31%
Prince Edward Island					1.21%
Louisiana			11	7.84e+4	0.728%
Hawaii			33	0.00	1.26%
North Carolina	13.2%		5	2.18e+5	0.189%
Oregon			26	0.00	0.116%
New Brunswick	7.07%				0.167%
Alabama	6.35%		6	1.83e+5	0.215%
New Jersey			32	0.00	2.79%
South Carolina			9	1.15e+5	3.55%
Connecticut			36	0.00	0.331%
Massachusetts			49	0.00	0.375%
Georgia	38.3%		2	5.66e+5	0.545%
New York	1.63%		25	0.00	0.163%
Maryland	0.239%		47	0.00	0.568%
California			10	9.45e+4	0.557%

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