Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

A map shows the membership status of South American countries. Associate Members (green), including Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Full Members (red), including Brazil, and Argentina. Suspended Members (blue), which includes Venezuela.

Member states of Mercosur, an organization founded in 1991 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

Council on Foreign Relations

Mercosur

Florida

Mississippi

Louisiana

North Carolina

Massachusetts

None

A map illustrates global tropical cyclone zones, indicating areas where tropical typhoons, cyclones, and hurricanes form.

Areas of the world affected by tropical cyclones. In the Americas, tropical cyclones are known as hurricanes; in the western Pacific Ocean, they are known as typhoons; and in the Indian Ocean, they are known as cyclones.

Tropical Cyclone Zones

Areas shaded in blue represent tropical cyclone zones, predominantly found over parts of the tropical or subtropical Atlantic, Indian, western Pacific, and eastern Pacific oceans. These storms form in specific regions: Atlantic Ocean: Including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and extending towards the eastern United States and parts of Central America. Indian Ocean: Covering areas around the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Western Pacific Ocean: Extending from the Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia to the eastern coasts of China and Japan. Eastern Pacific Ocean: Including the coastal regions of Mexico and parts of Central America. Southern Hemisphere: Affecting regions around Madagascar, parts of Australia, the South Pacific islands (Fiji, Samoa), and the eastern coasts of Africa.

Oceans

nature

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

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

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

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

Europe

Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Mercosur	Tropical Cyclone Zones	Gun Ownership			Major Waterfalls and Cataracts
Value	Tropical Cyclone Zones	Class	Rank	Per 100 people	Major Waterfalls and Cataracts












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