Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks
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USGSA map showing the approximate form and extent of outcrop of carbonate rocks worldwide, highlighted in green.
The outcrops of carbonate rocks are scattered across various regions. In North America, notable areas include the southeastern United States and parts of Mexico. The Caribbean also has some carbonate rock outcrops. In South America, small outcrops are present in Brazil. Africa has outcrops in northwestern and southern regions, including Morocco, Algeria, and South Africa. Europe shows significant outcrops in central and southern areas, particularly in countries like Spain, Italy, and Austria. Russia has some outcrops, while Asia has smaller areas of outcrops in countries like Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Japan. In Australia, outcrops are found in the southern part of the country.
Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks | 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) | Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (2 m) | |
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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% | ||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2.91% | 30.2% | 3.27% | 54.9% | 1.18% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 76.3% | 23.7% | ||||||||||||||
Vermont | 99.7% | 0.255% | ||||||||||||||
Washington | 5.04% | 1.86% | 1.11% | 24.0% | 43.6% | |||||||||||
Wyoming | 7.26% | 46.3% | 0.567% | 32.4% | 12.0% | |||||||||||
Montana | 57.3% | 38.2% | 1.27% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 10.1% | 1.48% | 86.6% | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 1.28% | 92.1% | 7.93% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 89.3% | |||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.467% | 36.8% | 57.3% | |||||||||||||
Mississippi | 99.8% | |||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 17.2% | 29.5% | 25.5% | 4.76% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 17.7% | 79.4% | 2.90% | |||||||||||||
Missouri | 26.4% | 72.3% | ||||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 97.3% | |||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 0.730% | 68.2% | 0.895% | 2.27% | 0.265% | 0.661% | 14.3% | 0.207% | ||||||||
Kansas | 8.84% | 22.6% | 9.98% | 67.4% | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 21.4% | 78.5% | ||||||||||||||
British Columbia | 0.184% | 0.977% | 0.593% | 0.282% | 40.5% | 47.6% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 13.1% | 63.7% | 9.22% | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 16.9% | 83.0% | 0.172% | |||||||||||||
Alberta | 3.24% | 63.2% | 13.0% | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 51.3% | 48.4% | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 0.122% | 52.0% | 44.8% | |||||||||||||
Colorado | 56.3% | 2.11% | 28.6% | 8.17% | 0.521% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 8.09% | 6.39% | 39.1% | 0.125% | 1.34% | 0.631% | ||||||||||
Québec | 0.104% | 20.2% | 62.1% | 14.6% | ||||||||||||
Manitoba | 33.0% | 66.8% | ||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 7.62% | 9.80% | 90.2% | |||||||||||||
Tennessee | 0.744% | 98.2% | 1.29% | 0.470% | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 0.290% | 53.6% | 42.8% | |||||||||||||
Arkansas | 100% | |||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 41.0% | 41.2% | 15.3% | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 3.59% | 81.0% | 15.0% | |||||||||||||
Indiana | 6.32% | 92.9% | 0.816% | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 15.1% | 84.4% | ||||||||||||||
Iowa | 96.5% | 0.309% | ||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4.93% | 6.99% | 89.9% | 1.23% | ||||||||||||
Alaska | 0.263% | 0.281% | 82.1% | 11.6% | 0.253% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.348% | 72.6% | 0.290% | 0.135% | ||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 7.08% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 8.54% | 4.03% | 1.55% | 91.4% | 1.05% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 13.3% | 69.7% | 2.37% | |||||||||||||
Nunavut | 11.8% | 17.3% | 0.130% | |||||||||||||
Maine | 93.3% | 6.03% | 0.141% | |||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 75.7% | 0.109% | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | 15.1% | 80.5% | 3.31% | 4.25% | 9.08% | 0.110% | ||||||||||
Delaware | 86.7% | 10.3% | 4.34% | |||||||||||||
Texas | 2.21% | 2.54% | 13.8% | 23.0% | 60.1% | 0.135% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 97.6% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 6.90% | 5.68% | 2.83% | 0.523% | 1.13% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 91.1% | 3.09% | 0.441% | 0.192% | ||||||||||||
Oregon | 6.51% | 31.0% | 31.1% | 15.4% | 5.08% | 0.125% | ||||||||||
Alabama | 100% | 0.218% | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey | 24.0% | 56.9% | 17.8% | 0.136% | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 99.3% | 0.150% | 3.75% | |||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1.16% | 78.7% | 0.226% | |||||||||||||
Georgia | 5.65% | 99.6% | 0.332% | 0.512% | ||||||||||||
New York | 2.68% | 93.4% | 0.143% | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 29.2% | 31.9% | 5.56% | 0.387% | ||||||||||||
California | 19.3% | 2.56% | 1.48% | 0.371% | 49.0% | 7.52% | 0.575% | |||||||||