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Vegetable production in North America: Highest production (dark green) include California and Florida. Moderate production (light green) is in the Midwest and Southeast U.S. Lowest production regions are in Canada and the Central U.S. (light yellow).

Farmland used for vegetable production in North America

US / CA States

North America

USDA

Vegetable Production

Acres

A map shows the electoral votes for the U. S. presidential election by state in 2004. The states won by Kerry are highlighted in blue western and eastern America, while than won by Bush are in red like Central America, Alaska.

Electoral vote totals for the 2004 presidential election by state

U.S. National Archives

U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2004

The 2000 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican George W. Bush against Democrat Al Gore. 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 2000 election, Mr. Bush won the majority of counties and county equivalents. Mr. Gore won the popular vote in the following areas. First, he won the vote in most of the major urban centers. Exceptions were Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Indianapolis. Mr. Gore also won in northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, along the southern half of the Mississippi River, extreme southern Texas, a zone extending from central Alabama through central Georgia, into eastern North Carolina. Mr. Gore won in the Appalachian mountains and the majority of counties in New England. Mr. Bush won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Gore won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to George W. Bush versus Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election

US Counties

American University

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2000 

A world map shows tectonic hotspots around the globe, marked with red dots. High concentrations of hotspots are found along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Pacific Ring of Fire. Areas with fewer hotspots include Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Locations of tectonic hotspots—areas in the mantle where heat rises as a thermal plume from deep in the Earth.

Tectonic Hotspots

In North America, prominent hotspots are concentrated along the western United States, including the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, extending into Alaska. Additional hotspots are found in the Gulf of California, and in Central America, especially in Mexico and Guatemala. The Atlantic Ocean features multiple hotspots, notably near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Africa's hotspots are primarily situated along the East African Rift, particularly in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania, with others scattered across the continent, including Nigeria and Algeria. The Indian Ocean hosts several hotspots, especially near Madagascar and the Seychelles. In Europe, hotspots are visible in Iceland, France, and Spain. Asia's tectonic activity is concentrated in Vietnam and Cambodia. The western part of the Arabian Peninsula, particularly Saudi Arabia, also shows considerable tectonic activity. The regions of Mongolia and Japan show numerous tectonic hotspots. The map also shows hotspots in the South Pacific Ocean, near New Zealand and various island nations.

World

Smithsonian Institution

A map highlights the principal aquifers across North America, categorized into three types.

Locations of various aquifers in North America, including consolidated rock aquifers, which are made up of mostly volcanic rocks in the Northwest and mostly sandstone and limestone elsewhere; combination aquifers, which are sand and gravel aquifers overlying productive rock aquifers; and productive aquifers, which have a 0.4 liter/second potential

Principal Aquifers

Consolidated rock aquifers, shaded in green, are predominantly found in northern Canada, including regions like Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and extending into parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Also found in the northern Canada regions like Victoria Island, Parry Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Ellesmere Island, also extending to Southern regions like Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Halifax. Combination aquifers, shaded in orange, are primarily located in the central and eastern United States, covering areas in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota, and extending to parts of the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast, including New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Productive aquifers, also shaded in light green, are found in regions of Florida and across the western United States near Oregon.

	Vegetable Production			U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2004		Tectonic Hotspots	Principal Aquifers
	Class	Rank	Acres	Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2000	Tectonic Hotspots	Consolidated rock aquifers	Combination aquifers	Productive aquifers
						1	14.0%	4.45%	18.1%