Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

A map shows the membership status of South American countries. Associate Members (green), including Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Full Members (red), including Brazil, and Argentina. Suspended Members (blue), which includes Venezuela.

Member states of Mercosur, an organization founded in 1991 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

Council on Foreign Relations

Mercosur

Mongolia

East Asia

Antarctica

None

United States

North America

Morocco

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map illustrates high- and low-pressure zones worldwide for January, with high-pressure zones marked in red and low-pressure zones in blue.

Locations of high- and low-atmospheric pressure at mean sea level during January.

High- and Low-Pressure Zones, January

High-Pressure Zones are found in Western North America (1,022 millibars), Northwest Africa (1,024 millibars), North-central Asia (1,044 millibars), Southeast Pacific (1,018 millibars), South Atlantic (1,022 millibars), South Indian Ocean (1,022 millibars) Low-Pressure Zones are found in North Pacific near the Aleutian Islands (984 millibars), North Atlantic near Greenland and Iceland (992 millibars), along the equator in the Central Pacific Ocean, Central Africa, and Western Pacific Ocean, and around the coasts of Antarctica (three lows at 980 millibars).

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Alabama

Alaska

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Arizona

Arkansas

British Columbia

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

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Hawaii

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Massachusetts

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New York

Newfoundland and Labrador

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Prince Edward Island

Québec

Rhode Island

Saskatchewan

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Yukon

A map shows wheat production in North America in metric tons. More than 5,000,000 is shaded dark red. 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 is shaded red. 100,000 to 1,000,000 is shaded orange. Less than 100,000 is shaded light orange.

Production of wheat in North America at the state or provincial level

US / CA States

USDA

Wheat Production

Metric tons

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