Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
WorldPhysical EnvironmentSocial / HealthAreas vulnerable to a 1-meter rise in sea level
ETOPO1A map shows global sea-level rise vulnerability (1 meter). The highest vulnerability areas, marked in blue, are along coastlines, notably in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and Australia.
Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m) | 2000–3,999 m | 500–1,999 m | 200–499 m | 1–199 m | Below sea level to 0 m | Iron Ore Mines | Copper | |
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District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 97.2% | 0.723% | |||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 91.9% | ||||||
Vermont | 5.41% | 75.7% | 16.8% | |||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 0.590% | 0.103% | 0.752% | ||||
North Dakota | 1.28% | 41.6% | ||||||
Kentucky | 2.03% | 67.9% | 1.14% | |||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 25.3% | 22.3% | 50.6% | ||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 97.1% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 54.6% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.419% | 47.4% | ||||||
Mississippi | 99.9% | |||||||
West Virginia | 41.2% | 57.1% | 1.62% | |||||
Nebraska | 80.9% | 19.1% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 93.8% | 0.383% | |||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 0.312% | 0.691% | 0.644% | ||||
Kansas | 51.4% | 48.6% | ||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 16.4% | 80.4% | |||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 1.04% | 11.8% | 86.6% | 0.391% | |||
Alberta | 0.430% | 0.453% | 22.3% | |||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 20.0% | 79.4% | |||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 7.33% | 7.75% | 80.9% | 2.82% | |||
Oklahoma | 21.8% | 70.1% | 8.07% | |||||
Arkansas | 1.84% | 28.8% | 69.4% | |||||
Indiana | 71.4% | 0.711% | ||||||
Iowa | 99.7% | 0.283% | ||||||
Illinois | 42.1% | 1.04% | ||||||
New York | 0.163% | 4.04% | 49.6% | 0.993% | 1 | |||
Alaska | 0.230% | 0.312% | 0.159% | 3.83% | 0.187% | 8 | ||
Arizona | 4.23% | 75.1% | 13.5% | 0.123% | 403 | |||
Utah | 28.9% | 4.66% | 1 | 105 | ||||
Yukon | 2.03% | 1.62% | 0.171% | 2.08% | 2 | |||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 0.701% | 1.01% | 0.274% | 1 | 1 | ||
Idaho | 20.0% | 1.27% | 60 | |||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 24.8% | 51.0% | 24.2% | 1 | |||
Washington | 0.110% | 3.74% | 0.127% | 0.321% | 20 | |||
Wyoming | 48.7% | 0.191% | 4 | |||||
Montana | 7.68% | 92.3% | 68 | |||||
Maine | 0.127% | 3.08% | 49.6% | 46.1% | 2 | |||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 5.47% | 9.63% | 1 | ||||
Texas | 45.6% | 17.8% | 36.4% | 2 | ||||
Missouri | 86.5% | 13.5% | 1 | 2 | ||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 15.5% | 22.7% | 59.6% | 11 | |||
Oregon | 0.116% | 81.4% | 2.26% | 0.478% | 47 | |||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 37.0% | 58.8% | 4 | ||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 24.8% | 75.1% | 1 | ||||
New Mexico | 28.8% | 69.9% | 62 | |||||
Wisconsin | 2.16% | 95.2% | 1.75% | 2 | 1 | |||
British Columbia | 0.679% | 0.195% | 3.52% | 0.563% | 14 | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.34% | 39.7% | 2.34% | 1 | 1 | |||
Michigan | 0.349% | 83.9% | 12.8% | 0.190% | 13 | 11 | ||
Pennsylvania | 20.4% | 65.0% | 0.204% | 1 | ||||
Colorado | 49.6% | 1.04% | 205 | |||||
Nevada | 0.567% | 92.4% | 32 | |||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 3.87% | 32.8% | 55.0% | 1 | |||
Georgia | 0.545% | 3.30% | 26.4% | 69.4% | 0.831% | 1 | ||
Québec | 0.242% | 54.2% | 0.385% | 1 | 15 | |||
Manitoba | 0.246% | 72.5% | 23.3% | 41 | ||||
Tennessee | 5.10% | 57.9% | 31.6% | 4 | ||||
Ontario | 64.3% | 31.1% | 116 | |||||
California | 0.557% | 6.79% | 1.42% | 0.420% | 0.348% | 1.23% | 1 | 86 |
South Dakota | 8.14% | 25.3% | 2 | |||||
Ohio | 96.2% | 3.80% | 1 | |||||
Minnesota | 1.27% | 95.8% | 14 | 1 |
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