China

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Russia

Eurasia

France

United Kingdom

Europe

United States

North America

A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

Countries

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United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

Florida

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Washington

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Virginia

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Prince Edward Island

Mississippi

Texas

Louisiana

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New Brunswick

Alabama

British Columbia

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South Carolina

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

California

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A map highlights the worldwide salt marshes marked by green dots, primarily along the coasts of North America, Europe, East Asia, South Africa, and Australia, and scattered in South America.

Salt marshes

Salt Marshes

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

District of Columbia

Idaho

Vermont

Wyoming

Nunavut

Montana

North Dakota

Kentucky

Saskatchewan

West Virginia

Nebraska

Missouri

Hawaii

Oregon

New Mexico

Kansas

Wisconsin

Newfoundland and Labrador

Michigan

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Québec

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ontario

Arkansas

South Dakota

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

A map illustrates major soil orders worldwide including ultisols, aridisols, histosols, entisols, rocky land, alfisols, shifting sand, spodosols, gelisols, inceptisols, oxisols, andisols, vertisols, mollisols, and ice/glacier.

Major Soil Orders

Areas shaded in various colors represent major soil orders globally.Ultisols (yellow) are found in the eastern United States, parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.Aridisols (green) dominate desert regions such as the southwestern United States, northern Africa (Sahara), and parts of Central Asia. Other regions include southern parts of South America and parts of Australia.Histosols (light green) are found in parts of Canada, northern Europe, and Russia.Entisols (light green) are scattered globally in areas like western North America, parts of South America, Africa, and Asia.Rocky Land (very light gray) is found in mountainous regions like the Rockies in North America, the Andes in South America, and part of central Asia.Alfisols (light gray) are found in parts of the United States, Europe, Africa, India, and Australia.Shifting Sand (gray) appears in desert regions such as the Sahara and central Australia. Other regions include parts of Saudi Arabia, China, and Uzbekistan.Spodosols (blue gray) cover most of Canada and parts of Europe such as Sweden.Gelisols (light blue) dominate northern regions of Canada and Russia. Other regions include parts of China.Inceptisols (blue) appear in regions such as Alaska, parts of Canada, Europe, and scattered across Russia, South Africa, and Asia.Oxisols (dark gray) are prevalent in tropical regions like the Amazon Basin in South America and parts of Southeast Asia. Other regions include parts of Africa.Andisols (blue) are found in volcanic regions like parts of the Pacific Northwest in the United States, parts of Mexico and Chile.Vertisols (light green) are found in regions such as India, parts of Africa, and eastern Australia. Other regions include eastern parts of Mexico and parts of Uruguay.Mollisols (maroon) cover the central plains of the United States, parts of South America, and Eastern Europe.Ice slash Glacier (blue) covers Greenland and parts of Arctic.

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American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Norfolk I. (Australia)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

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

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Guernsey (U.K.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Jersey (U.K.)

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Argentina

Latin America

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Salt Marshes	Major Soil Orders													Diamond Production by Country
Value	Salt Marshes	Ultisols	Aridisols	Histosols	Entisols	Rocky Land	Alfisols	Spodosols	Gelisols	Inceptisols	Andisols	Vertisols	Mollisols	Ice/Glacier	Class	Rank	Thousand carats







	0.594%	29.2%	9.16%	4.00%	5.44%	0.754%	6.87%	5.89%	3.80%	7.01%	1.28%	2.72%	23.6%	5.25%