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 depicts the average annual precipitation worldwide. Highest precipitation areas (dark blue), are notably in western Brazil, Guinea, and Indonesia. Lowest precipitation (light blue) areas include northern Africa, Greenland, and central Australia.

Global distribution of average annual precipitation

Average Annual Precipitation

Most of Asia, the southwestern and northeastern regions of North America, the western coastal region of South America, Iceland, the eastern and northwestern parts of Australia, and the extreme southern region of South Africa receive precipitation ranging from 10 to 19 inches shaded in light blue. Northern regions of Africa, Greenland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, central Australia, and much of Russia, including its northern, southern, and eastern parts, receive around 10 inches of precipitation shaded in very light blue. Much of India, Nepal, eastern China, central Africa including Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Kenya, central North America, Mexico, and the eastern part of Canada receive 20 to 39 inches of precipitation. Central Africa and the eastern region of India, including South Asian regions, receive 40 to 59 inches of precipitation. Southern and southeastern Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vietnam, and Japan receive 60 to 79 inches of precipitation. The western part of Brazil, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, the extreme northern region of Madagascar, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, and some regions in Central America receive over 80 inches of precipitation shaded in dark blue.

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	Average Annual Precipitation
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008	0 - 20	20 - 40	40 - 60	60 - 80	80 - 100	Value	80 and over inches	60–79 inches	40–59 inches	20–39 inches	10–19 inches	Under 10 inches




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