Afghanistan

Central Asia

A world map shows the location of lapis lazuli mining in northeastern Afghanistan, marked by a blue circle with "L I."

Lapis Lazuli Mines

World

USGS

American Samoa (U.S.)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

St. Martin (France)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Latin America

Greenland (Denmark)

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

None

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Pakistan

South Asia

Cambodia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Tunisia

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Central African Republic

Chad

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Lesotho

Madagascar

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Togo

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

Percentage of clean water access. Some of the highlighted countries are more than 98 percent (dark blue): Canada, France. 89 to 98 percent (blue): U S A, Iran. 60 to 88 percent (light blue): Russia, Brazil. Less than 60 percent (Grey): Central Africa.

Percentage of the population with access to an improved water source

Countries

World Bank

Clean Water Access

Percent

The map shows three examples of lake desiccation: Lake Chad, near Chad’s border with Niger; Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran; and the Aral Sea, on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In all three, the lake’s current extent is dramatically smaller than its historic extent.. The historic extent is shown in orange, while the current extent is depicted in blue.

Lakes that have been shrinking from climate change, human activities, or combinations of both

Lapis Lazuli Mines	Clean Water Access			Lake Desiccation
Lapis Lazuli Mines	Class	Rank	Percent	Historic extent	Current extent










1				6.94%
					2.01%
				1.04%