Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Northern America

Northern America: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 11,425 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
11,425 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
3rd
of 26 groups
All-time high
11,425 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
11,425 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Northern America, 2015–2019

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k2015201720192015: 11.4k 1000 ha2016: 11.4k 1000 ha2017: 11.4k 1000 ha2018: 11.4k 1000 ha2019: 11.4k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Northern America is 11,425 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over five years.

Northern America ranks 3rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Northern America, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 11,425 1000 ha
2016 11,425 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 11,425 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 11,425 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 11,425 1000 ha +0.0%

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 1 Canada 5,321 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 3,878 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Indonesia 2,696 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Greenland 2,209 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Viet Nam 268.21 1000 ha compare
  6. 5 Australia and New Zealand 2,103 1000 ha compare
  7. 6 Chile 1,983 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Northern America?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Northern America was 11,425 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 11,425 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 11,425 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Northern America rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
Northern America ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Northern America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
214 places, 1,070 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.