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

The 2012 presidential election in the United States pitted incumbent President and Democrat Barack Obama against Republican Mitt Romney. 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 2012 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. Romney won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned as being won by Mr. Obama. Mr. Romney won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election

US Counties

North America

Data.gov

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012 

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

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Idaho

Washington

Nunavut

Montana

Maine

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Texas

Missouri

Oregon

New Brunswick

New Mexico

Wisconsin

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Colorado

Nevada

New York

Québec

Manitoba

Tennessee

Ontario

California

South Dakota

Ohio

Illinois

A world map shows zinc mining locations marked by red circles with "Z n." Key areas include the U S (western and eastern), Mexico, Canada, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Europe, Russia, China, Japan, and Australia.

Zinc Mines

World

USGS

A map shows California wildfires marked by orange circles. The largest fire covers 1,030,000 acres, followed by others at 480,000, 130,000, and 1,600 acres. High concentrations are near San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other parts of California.

A map showing the largest California wildfires by number of acres burned.

Mercosur	Display by:	Tropical Cyclone Zones	Zinc Mines	California Wildfires
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012	Tropical Cyclone Zones	Zinc Mines	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires	California Wildfires

		1.51%	21.636363636363637	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1