China

East Asia

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

World

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

The 2008 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican John McCain against Democrat Barack Obama. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. McCain won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned. Mr. McCain won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to John McCain versus Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election

US Counties

Data.gov

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008

Alaska

Florida

Rhode Island

Washington

Maine

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Hawaii

North Carolina

Oregon

New Brunswick

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

New Jersey

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

California

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A map illustrates the distribution of calcium carbonate in modern surface sediments globally, with highest concentration found in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and South Pacific and lowest concentration dominating the North Pacific, and Southern Ocean.

Percentage of ocean surface comprised of calcium carbonate.

Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in Modern Surface Sediments

The distribution is represented as a percentage by weight. Areas with the least calcium carbonate, ranging from 0 percent to 20 percent, are marked in very light blue and are prevalent in large parts of the Pacific Ocean, particularly around Samoa, the South Pacific, and parts of the Indian Ocean. Light blue regions, representing 20 percent to 40 percent calcium carbonate, cover parts of the North Atlantic Ocean, including areas around Cuba, the western coast of Africa near Senegal and Mauritania, and the southern Indian Ocean near Madagascar. Medium blue areas, indicating 40 percent to 60 percent calcium carbonate, include regions in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of the United Kingdom and France, the Mediterranean Sea, parts of the Arabian Sea, and the South Pacific Ocean. Blue-green regions, with 60 to 80 percent calcium carbonate, are seen in the central Atlantic Ocean, areas around the Caribbean including Cuba and Guatemala, the western coast of Africa near Gabon and Angola, and the Indian Ocean. The highest concentration of calcium carbonate, 80 percent to 100 percent, marked in dark green, is found in regions of the North Atlantic Ocean, around the Bahamas and north of Cuba, parts of the South Atlantic Ocean near the eastern coast of South America, the central Pacific Ocean, and the northern Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka.

Oceans

WDC-MARE Reports

Percent by weight

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

A map shows the electoral votes for the U. S. presidential election by state in 2000. The states won by Gore are highlighted in blue, while than won by Bush are in red. Some of the highlighted states are Blue: Washington, New York. Red: Alaska, Montana.

Electoral vote totals for the 2000 presidential election by state

US / CA States

U.S. National Archives

U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2000

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Saskatchewan

Alberta

Québec

Manitoba

Ontario

A map illustrates land cover worldwide, categorized by various types such as forests, water, shrublands, savannas, grasslands, wetlands, urban areas, croplands, snow and ice, and barren lands.

Land cover type classifications, including water, evergreen forest, deciduous forest, mixed forest, shrublands, savannas, grasslands, permanent wetlands, urban and built-up, cropland and natural vegetation, snow and ice, and barren or sparsely vegetated

Land Cover

Areas shaded in dark green represent evergreen forests, predominantly found in parts of Canada, Russia, Scandinavia, and the western United States. Evergreen forests are also found in the northern region of South America and parts of Africa. Regions with deciduous forests, shown in light green, are primarily located in the eastern United States, central Europe, and parts of Russia and South America. Water bodies are marked in blue, visible in lakes and large rivers such as the Great Lakes and Amazon River. Mixed forests, shaded in green, appear in the northeastern United States, central Europe, and parts of Asia. Shrublands, shown in pink, are found in parts of Australia, the western United States, Northern Canada, Argentina, South Africa, Northern regions of Russia, and central Asia. Savannas, depicted in yellow, are located in regions such as northern Australia, parts of Brazil, Mexico, and central Africa. Grasslands, shaded in orange, cover areas in the central United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China. Permanent wetlands, marked in dark blue, appear in parts of north-eastern Canada and central Russia. Urban and built-up areas, shown in gray, are concentrated in major cities worldwide. Cropland and natural vegetation, indicated by red, are found in the Mideastern United States, most of India, and parts of Europe, west Africa, Brazil, and Australia. Snow and ice regions, depicted in gray-white, cover Greenland, Antarctica, and the Himalayas. Barren or sparsely vegetated areas, shown in light yellow, are found in deserts like the Sahara in Africa and the Arabian Desert.

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Display by:	Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in Modern Surface Sediments					U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2000	Land Cover
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008	0 - 20	20 - 40	40 - 60	60 - 80	80 - 100	Value	Evergreen forest	Deciduous forest	Water	Mixed forest	Shrublands	Savannas	Grasslands	Permanent wetlands	Urban and built-up	Cropland and natural vegetation	Snow and ice	Barren or sparsely vegetated




		0.901%	0.642%	0.436%	1.54%	0.943%		14.5%	19.2%	1.92%	8.00%	25.6%	10.8%	13.6%	11.2%	1.28%	15.7%	6.41%	2.18%