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

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Niue (New Zealand)

Nauru

Samoa

Kiribati

Palau

French Polynesia (France)

American Samoa (U.S.)

Fiji

Micronesia

Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

New Caledonia (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

None

A world map shows human occupation. Red areas were settled before 2500 B C E (Australia, New Guinea). Blue areas by 1200 B C E (Fiji, Guam, Samoa). Purple by 200 B C E (Marshall Islands). Orange by 400 C E (Polynesia). Yellow by 800 C E (New Zealand).

Areas of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceanina settled before 2500 BCE, settled by 1200 BCE, settled by 200 BCE, settled by 400 CE, and settled by 800 CE.

Human Occupation

nature

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

Lapis Lazuli Mines	Human Occupation
Lapis Lazuli Mines	Settled prior to 2500 BCE	Settled by 1200 BCE	Settled by 200 BCE	Settled by 400 CE	Settled by 800 CE
1
	99.3%	83.2%	31.2%	37.5%	99.1%
		36.0%