Part II of Great Basin, Sierra Nevada, and Wasatch Plateaus Devil’s Kitchen, the Table, and Weepah Springs Many of the wilderness areas preserve mountain range sites, which are often forested islands of bristlecone pine forest, as well as volcanic and geologic features. Many of the remainder of the remote ranges in the Great Basin are … More Islands in the Great Basin Desert
Great Basin, Sierra Nevada and Wasatch Plateaus, Part I Fire and ice: The nation’s youngest mountains, oldest trees, and southernmost glacier I. Focus Area Boundaries: 35 to 40 degrees North; 110 to 120 degrees West II. Country (State): United States (California, Nevada, Utah). III. Overview The Great Basin is the area between the Sierra Nevada … More Lahontan, Long Valley Caldera, and Methuselah
Oak woodlands where condors soar, the nation’s rarest pine tree, and the Mountains to Sea Trail This section describes the national systems of public lands and notable private lands which protect natural landscapes in the Mediterranean climate ecoregions of western North America. The areas listed are between 115 and 120 degrees West and 31 and … More Coastal Sage, Chaparral and Nearby Mountains, Part 2
Galapagos of North America, uncontrollable fires, and shark teeth as big as a hand I. Map boundaries: 30 to 40 degrees North; 110 to 120 degrees West II. Country (State): Mexico (Baja California), United States (California). Note: This post focuses on Mediterranean ecosystems within the map boundaries. Other desert and montane ecosystems within these map … More Coastal Sage, Chaparral and Nearby Mountains
Map boundaries: 30 to 40 degrees North; 110 to 120 degrees West Country (State): Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah). Part I of the Cultural Landscape The prehistoric inhabitants of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts left behind abundant archaeological evidence of their presence. Canals, trincheras sites, and rock art are three … More Coso, Pueblo Grande, and Trincheras part 1
Part II of Warm Temperate China I. Map Focus Area: 30 to 40 degrees North; 110 to 120 degrees East II. Countries (Provinces or Districts): China (Anhui, Beijing Municipality, Chongqing Municipality, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Tianjin Municipality, and Zhejiang). III. Overview of the Paleontological Landscape Prior to the … More Fang, Mei, and Shennongjia
Following Bermuda, the next map in the series should be between 30 and 40 degrees south and 60 to 70 degrees east. There is no land at these coordinates. The sea floor is part of the Antarctic Plate, with perhaps a small portion of the Somali Plate in the northwest. The plates are diverging at … More Temperate Indian Ocean
Map of the Month: Bermuda Map boundaries: 30 to 40 degrees North; 60 to 70 degrees West Countries: United Kingdom (Overseas Territory) Overview Located at 32 degrees North and 64 degrees West, Bermuda is an isolated group of small islands more than 600 miles from the coast of North America–east of Cape Hatteras and southeast … More Map of the Month: Bermuda
Map of the Month: Pampas, Monte, Espinal, and Arid Chaco Map boundaries: 30 to 40 degrees South; 60 to 70 degrees West Countries: Argentina and Chile Overview The Pampeanas Mountains, located between Cordoba and San Juan and extending northward beyond 30 degrees latitude, are a dry-land region of mountains and eroded rock formations in central … More Map of the Month: Pampas and Arid Chaco
Map of the Month: Central Afghanistan Mountains Map boundaries: 30 to 40 degrees North; 60 to 70 degrees East Countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Overview The Central Afghanistan Mountains are a temperate desert and dryland region with high elevation alpine meadows and forests. The northeastern portion of the map in Uzbekistan … More Map of the Month: Central Afghanistan Mountains
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