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A map showing soft drink dialects in North America. "Soda" is used (light green) mainly in California and Nevada. "Pop" (light yellow) in Canada. "Coke" (light purple) in the Southern U S. "Other" (orange) is used mainly in Quebec and northern Canada.

The distribution of generic names given to soft drinks in North America

US / CA States

North America

PopVsSoda.com; Alan McConchie

Soft Drink Dialects

A map shows the electoral votes for the U. S. presidential election by state in 2008. The states won by Obama are highlighted in blue, while than won by McCain are in red. Some of the highlighted states are Blue: Washington, New York. Red: Alaska, Texas.

Electoral vote totals for the 2008 presidential election by state

U.S. National Archives

U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2008

The map shows the distribution of some of the world’s major hydroelectric dams and power-generating stations. In North America, these facilities are found in Canada in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador. In the United States, they are on major rivers in the Pacific Northwest (for example, the Columbia River), Arizona and Utah (on the Colorado River), and in the Northeast in New York (on the Niagara River between United States and Canada) and New England. In South America, dams generate hydro power in Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil (particularly on the Paraná River and its tributaries), and in Argentina on the Rio de la Plata and on rivers that flow from the Andes mountains. In Europe, major hydroelectric facilities are found in Portugal, Norway, France, Switzerland, Ukraine (on the Dnieper River), and in Russia (on the Volga and on rivers in Siberia, which is in Asia). In Africa, these facilities have been constructed on the Nile River in Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia and between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambesi River. In Southwest Asia, hydroelectric dams generate power on the Euphrates River in Turkey, the Tigris in Iraq, and Iran’s Zagros Mountains. In Central Asia, Tajikistan has a hydroelectric dam. In South Asia, dams have been constructed on rivers in northern Pakistan; in India on rivers in Kashmir in the north as well as in several places in central and southern India; and in Bhutan. In Southeast Asia, these facilities are found in Laos and Vietnam and in Indonesia on the islands of Java and Borneo. In East Asia, southwestern and central China have numerous hydroelectric dams, and there are also a few in northern China. Japan has a major hydroelectric dam between Tokyo and Osaka. The map does not show any hydropower production for Oceania.

The world's primary regions for producing hydroelectricity at dammed river power plants

Hydroelectric Power Production

World

Global Energy Observatory

A global map shows lightning flashes per square kilometer per year (flashes per square kilometer per year).

Lightning flashes per square kilometer per year (flashes/km²/year)

Lightning Frequency

The map illustrates global lightning frequency. Areas with less than 0.1 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in light green and include most ocean regions, northern Canada, the Sahara Desert, and parts of western and northern Europe. Areas with 0.1 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in light yellow and are scattered along parts of oceanic regions and coastal regions. Regions with 0.2 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in light purple and include parts of oceanic regions, coastal regions in the north of Canada and Russia. Areas with 0.4 flashes per square kilometer per year are shaded in red and are scattered along the Atlantic ocean, coastal regions on the north of Russia, Indian Ocean, and Pacific ocean. Areas with 0.6 flashes per square kilometer per year to 1 flash per square kilometer per year are shaded in blue to light green, covering northern Canada, the contiguous United States (excluding the Southeast), parts of South America, much of northern region of Europe, most of Africa south of the Sahara, and most of South, East, and Southeast Asia, including south of Australia. Areas experiencing 2 to 10 flashes per square kilometer per year, indicated by pink to blue shades, include the Southeastern United States, parts of Central and South America, and large areas in Africa, South, East, and Southeast Asia. High lightning frequency regions (20 to 50 flashes per square kilometer per year) are highlighted in dark pink to dark red, located in Southeastern United States, Colombia in South America, Central Africa (notably the Democratic Republic of Congo), and Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Display by:	Soft Drink Dialects	U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2008	Hydroelectric Power Production	Lightning Frequency
	Value	Value	Hydroelectric Power Production	Lightning Frequency	<0.1 flashes/km²/year	0.1 flashes/km²/year	0.2 flashes/km²/year	0.4 flashes/km²/year	0.6 flashes/km²/year	0.8 flashes/km²/year	1 flash/km²/year	2 flashes/km²/year	4 flashes/km²/year	6 flashes/km²/year	8 flashes/km²/year	10 flashes/km²/year	20 flashes/km²/year	30 flashes/km²/year
Alaska	Soda	McCain (R)		6.63%	1.78%	25.5%	0.226%	5.17%
Arizona	Soda	McCain (R)	1									1.13%	23.6%	20.0%	37.0%	18.2%
Utah	Soda	McCain (R)										22.2%	65.3%	0.130%
Yukon	Pop				2.57%	1.17%	39.3%	42.1%	0.676%	0.532%	2.01%
Northwest Territories	Pop			10.4%	11.3%	1.93%	1.61%	13.9%	14.4%	4.36%	8.69%
District of Columbia	Soda	Obama (D)														100%
Florida	Soda	Obama (D)														0.168%	52.7%	47.1%
Idaho	Pop	McCain (R)									8.51%	90.0%
New Hampshire	Soda	Obama (D)										77.0%	23.0%
Rhode Island	Soda	Obama (D)										100%
Vermont	Soda	Obama (D)										4.97%	95.0%
Washington	Pop	Obama (D)	1			1.04%	10.6%	19.8%	20.2%	12.1%	35.6%	0.648%
Wyoming	Pop	McCain (R)										48.7%	16.7%	16.6%	10.4%	7.61%
Nunavut	Other			41.3%	36.7%	7.71%	1.80%	1.53%	0.139%
Montana	Pop	McCain (R)									1.84%	16.7%	6.56%	12.0%	2.35%
Maine	Soda	Obama (D)									5.45%	71.9%
North Dakota	Pop	McCain (R)										5.40%	24.2%	48.6%	17.6%
Kentucky	Coke	McCain (R)														100%
Nova Scotia	Pop						8.11%	10.6%	36.1%	17.3%	27.8%
Virginia	Soda	Obama (D)	1											0.585%	33.4%	66.0%
Delaware	Soda	Obama (D)										1.09%	21.6%	74.1%	3.24%
Prince Edward Island	Pop							2.52%	8.96%	20.3%	68.2%
Saskatchewan	Pop								0.267%	0.717%	31.5%	16.7%	3.54%
Mississippi	Coke	McCain (R)														53.6%	46.4%
West Virginia	Pop	McCain (R)													90.8%	9.25%
Nebraska	Pop	McCain (R)													2.93%	89.3%	7.74%
Texas	Coke	McCain (R)												1.17%	8.70%	65.9%	24.2%
Missouri	Soda	McCain (R)														97.2%	2.76%
Louisiana	Coke	McCain (R)															100%
Hawaii	Soda	Obama (D)			0.113%	0.444%	32.9%	60.0%
North Carolina	Soda	Obama (D)														100%
Oregon	Pop	Obama (D)	1			0.565%	3.81%	5.52%	5.86%	3.52%	49.6%	23.8%
New Brunswick	Pop									0.276%	0.234%	58.0%
Alabama	Coke	McCain (R)														41.8%	58.2%
New Mexico	Coke	Obama (D)												7.94%	33.3%	53.7%
Kansas	Pop	McCain (R)														96.1%	3.88%
Wisconsin	Soda	Obama (D)										0.368%	53.9%	28.7%	12.9%	3.74%
British Columbia	Pop		1		1.64%	6.95%	12.6%	20.1%	4.57%	5.28%	0.164%	6.19%
Newfoundland and Labrador	Pop		1		5.05%	7.84%	8.94%	30.5%	12.3%	3.57%	0.308%
New Jersey	Soda	Obama (D)											9.73%	90.3%
South Carolina	Coke	McCain (R)	1													85.1%	14.9%
Michigan	Pop	Obama (D)	1									1.83%	31.7%	16.4%	14.6%	8.66%
Alberta	Pop										22.8%	73.1%	3.13%
Connecticut	Soda	Obama (D)	1									77.5%	20.8%	1.09%
Pennsylvania	Pop	Obama (D)	1										7.74%	34.9%	57.3%
Colorado	Pop	Obama (D)										3.18%	32.7%	15.2%	10.5%	30.1%	8.34%
Nevada	Pop	Obama (D)								1.83%	39.4%	47.0%	11.8%
Massachusetts	Soda	Obama (D)	1								2.27%	79.0%	18.5%
Georgia	Coke	McCain (R)	1													48.4%	51.6%
New York	Soda	Obama (D)	1									16.1%	65.1%	18.0%	0.137%
Maryland	Soda	Obama (D)											2.23%	17.7%	58.3%	21.7%
Québec	Other		1		11.0%	4.90%	11.5%	3.83%	3.39%	3.67%	19.7%	17.8%	0.183%
Manitoba	Pop		1					2.65%	4.40%	2.91%	25.0%	48.7%	10.4%
Oklahoma	Pop	McCain (R)														64.4%	35.6%
Tennessee	Coke	McCain (R)	1													100%
Ontario	Pop		1						2.58%	3.28%	0.872%	19.2%	2.31%	2.14%	0.326%	0.285%
California	Soda	Obama (D)	1			2.29%	10.6%	16.3%	5.69%	2.96%	35.4%	15.6%	1.52%
Arkansas	Coke	McCain (R)														15.7%	84.3%
South Dakota	Pop	McCain (R)												2.09%	52.0%	45.9%
Ohio	Pop	Obama (D)													23.4%	76.6%
Indiana	Pop	Obama (D)														100%
Minnesota	Pop	Obama (D)										13.4%	3.05%	20.4%	21.8%	9.11%
Iowa	Pop	Obama (D)											5.30%	6.65%	14.4%	73.6%
Illinois	Pop	Obama (D)													1.50%	98.5%