Appendix A2. An alphabetical list of geologic provinces of the world with code and rank of oil and gas provinces. [For list of ranked provinces, see Table 1. The first digit of the code represents region.]
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 1, Former Soviet Union (141 Provinces)
1061 Admiralty Arch 1156 Afghan-Tajik Basin 137 107 1169 Alakol Basin 1160 Alay Basin 1216 Aldan Shield 1215 Aldan Uplift 1219 Altay-Sayan Folded Region 1154 Amu-Darya Basin Priority 17 15 1200 Anabar Basin 1202 Anabar-Olenek High 1300 Anadyr Basin 261 219 1209 Angara-Lena Terrace Boutique 139 109 1327 Aniva Basin 354 304 1255 Anzhu Uplift 1117 Arctic Ocean Slope 1253 Ayon Basin 1108 Azov-Kuban Basin Priority 81 65 1230 Baikal-Patom Folded Region 1207 Baykit Arch Boutique 161 129 1004 Belorussian-Voronezh High 370 318 1107 Black Sea Continental Slope 1102 Black Sea Deep-Water Basin 1254 Blagoveshchensk Basin 1220 Bureya-Dunbey Region 1312 Central Kamchatka Group of Basins 1070 Central Kara High 1168 Central Kazakhstan Folded Region 1319 Central Okhotsk High 1165 Chu-Sarysu Basin 190 154 1211 Cis-Patom Foredeep Boutique 321 273 1208 Cis-Sayan Basin 1104 Crimea High 1257 De Long High 1321 Deryugin Basin 1009 Dnieper-Donets Basin Priority 45 36 1103 Dobrogea Foreland 317 269 1014 Donbass Foldbelt 1151 East Aral Basin 1178 East Aral Slope 1164 East Ili Basin 1315 East Kamchatka Basin 1313 East Kamchatka Uplift 1323 East Sakhalin Uplift 1159 Fergana Basin Boutique 155 123 1301 Gangut High 1307 Gizhigin Basin 1110 Great Caucasus Foldbelt 1064 Grumant Uplift 1162 Issyk-Kul Basin 1153 Karabogaz-Karakum High 404 352 1212 Kempendiay Region 1226 Khanka Basin 1201 Khatanga Saddle 1302 Khatyrka Basin 336 286 1305 Kinkil Basin 1051 Kola Monocline-Finnmark Platform 293 248 1308 Koni-Tayganos Uplift 1155 Kopet-Dag Foldbelt 1304 Koryak-Kamchatka Foldbelt 1005 Kotelnich Arch 1113 Kura Basin 195 159 1316 Kuril-Kamchatka Slope 1171 Kuznetsk Basin 1218 Laptev Shelf 1214 Lena-Vilyuy Basin 118 92 1059 Ludlov Saddle 146 116 1152 Mangyshlak-Ustyurt Foldbelt 1006 Mezen Basin 1227 Middle Amur Basin 1109 Middle Caspian Basin Priority 35 27 1252 Moma Basin 1003 Moscow Basin 1018 Mugodzhary-South Emba 402 350 1161 Naryn Basin 1210 Nepa-Botuoba Arch Priority 63 51 1060 North Barents Basin Boutique 1016 North Caspian Basin Priority 14 12 1258 North Chukchi Basin 1105 North Crimea Basin 193 157 1172 North Minusa Basin 1065 North Novaya Zemlya Basin 1309 North Okhotsk Group of Basins 1322 North Sakhalin Basin Priority 62 50 1150 North Ustyurt Basin Priority 95 74 1106 Northeast Black Sea Shelf 403 351 1062 Novaya Zemlya Monocline 1256 Novosibirsk Basin 1314 Olyutor Basin 1317 Onekotan Basin 1157 Pamir High 1303 Penzhina Basin 1012 Poles Saddle 1010 Pripyat Basin 184 149 1111 Rioni Basin 347 297 1011 Russian Craton Margin 256 215 1071 Schmidt Basin 1072 Severnaya Zemlya High 1224 Sikhote-Alin Folded Region 1050 South Barents Basin Priority 44 35 1112 South Caspian Basin Priority 23 20 1261 South Chukchi-Hope Basin 1318 South Kuril Basin 1173 South Minusa Basin 1320 South Okhotsk Basin 1167 South Turgay Basin 169 135 1066 St. Anna Basin 1225 Suifun Basin 1326 Susunay Uplift 1177 Syr-Darya Basin 1176 Taimyr-Kara High 1306 Talov Uplift 1328 Tatar Strait Basin 306 260 1324 Terpeniya Bay Basin 1158 Tian Shan Foldbelt 280 236 1007 Timan High 1008 Timan-Pechora Basin Priority 27 22 1310 Tinro Basin 1203 Tunguska Basin 296 251 1166 Turgay Depression 1205 Turukhan-Igarka Uplift 1204 Turukhan-Norilsk Folded Zone 346 296 1069 Uedineniya Basin 1013 Ukrainian Shield 1223 Upper Bureya Basin 358 308 1217 Upper Zeya Basin 1017 Ural-Novaya Zemlya Foldbelt 1068 Ushakov High 1250 Verkhoyan-Chukotka Folded Region 1067 Vize High 1015 Volga-Ural Region Priority 7 7 1163 West Ili Basin 1311 West Kamchatka Basin 309 262 1325 West Sakhalin Uplift 1174 West Siberian Basin Priority 1 1 1259 Wrangel Basin 1260 Wrangel-Herald Uplift 1206 Yenisey Ridge 1175 Yenisey-Khatanga Basin 104 80 1170 Zaysan Basin 1222 Zeya-Bureya Basin 1251 Zyryanka Basin
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 2, Middle East and North Africa (88 Provinces)
2066 Aaiun-Tarfaya Basin 389 337 2038 Abu Gharadiq Basin 147 117 2079 Adana/Sivas 349 299 2094 Alborz Fold Belt 2089 Anah Graben 143 113 2101 Arabian Shield 328 280 2080 Araks 2062 Atlas Basin 2053 Atlas Uplift 285 240 2078 Beirut 377 325 2065 Canary Islands 2091 Central Iranian Basins 2092 Central Iranian Microcontinents 2015 Central Oman Platform 222 184 2041 Cyrenacia Basin 2040 Cyrenaica Uplift 338 288 2012 East Flank Oman Sub-basin 106 82 2064 Essaouni Basin 302 256 2075 Euphrates/Mardin 148 118 2016 Fahud Salt Basin Priority 59 47 2046 Fezzan Uplift 196 160 2014 Ghaba Salt Basin Priority 69 57 2010 Ghudun-Khasfeh Flank Province 2058 Grand Erg/Ahnet Basin Priority 22 19 2021 Greater Ghawar Uplift Priority 3 3 2069 Guercif Basin 2018 Gulf of Oman Basin 2025 Hail-Ga'Ara Arch 2076 Haleb 284 239 2047 Hamra Basin 160 128 2051 Hauts Basin 2003 Hays Structural Belt 2013 Huqf-Haushi Uplift 2056 Illizi Basin Priority 40 32 2020 Interior Homocline-Central Arch Priority 57 45 2026 Jafr-Tabuk Basin 274 231 2084 Kardiff/Menders Massif 2074 Khleisha Uplift 142 112 2081 Lesser Caucasus 263 221 2032 Levantine Basin 281 237 2093 Lut Block and Depression 2004 Ma 'Rib-Al Jawf Basin Priority 74 61 2009 Masila-Jeza Basin 179 144 2008 Masirah Trough 2070 Mediterranean Basin 105 81 2024 Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin Priority 2 2 2102 Mirbat Precambrian Basement 2005 Mukalla Rift Basin 2045 Murzuk Basin 153 122 2049 Nefusa Uplift 2035 Nile Delta Basin 192 156 2039 North Egypt Basin 133 104 2027 North Harrah Volcanics 2073 North Red Sea Shield 2044 Nubian Uplift 2017 Oman Mountains 2061 Ougarta Uplift 282 238 2077 Palmyra Zone 178 143 2048 Pelagian Basin Priority 67 55 2022 Qatar Arch Priority 6 6 2063 Rabat Basin 2071 Red Sea Basin Priority 48 39 2060 Reggane Basin 322 274 2068 Reguibate Uplift 2072 Rif Basin 295 250 2019 Rub Al Khali Basin Priority 5 5 2028 Rutbah Uplift 2006 Shabwah Basin 230 192 2007 Sharmah Rift Basin 335 285 2033 Sinai Basin 245 206 2043 Sirte Basin Priority 15 13 2034 South Harrah Volcanics 365 315 2011 South Oman Salt Basin 112 87 2036 Syrian Arch 2052 Tellian Foredeep 351 301 2050 Tellian Uplift 381 329 2057 Thiemboka Uplift 2085 Thrace/Samsun 267 225 2067 Tindouf Basin 2054 Trias/Ghadames Basin Priority 26 21 2083 Tuz/Corum 2037 Upper Egypt Basin 2029 Wadi-Surhan Basin Boutique 286 241 2023 Widyan Basin-Interior Platform Priority 28 23 2001 Yemen Volcanic Basin (North) 2002 Yemen Volcanic Basin (South) 2030 Zagros Fold Belt Priority 4 4 2031 Zagros Thrust Zone 238 199
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 3, Asia Pacific (261 Provinces)
3901 Adelaide and Kanmantoo Fold Belts 3301 Akita Basin 273 230 3101 Alashan Yinshan Fold Belt 3902 Albany-Fraser Province 3102 Altunshan Fold Belt 362 312 3903 Amadeus Basin 220 182 3801 Arafura Basin-Irian Jaya 357 307 3904 Arunta Block 3905 Australian Arafura Basin 3802 Bali Basin 310 263 3803 Banda Arc 265 223 3906 Bangemall and Nabberu Basins 3701 Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin Priority 37 29 3804 Barito Basin 240 201 3907 Bass Basin 264 222 3908 Bassian Rise 3001 Bau Waters Basin 3103 Beibuwan Basin 206 170 3002 Bellona Plateau 3601 Bicol Shelf Basin 3180 Bijianan Basin 3805 Bintuni/Sulawati Province 114 89 3909 Birrindudu Basin and Tanami Block 3003 Bligh Water Basin 3105 Bogdashan Fold Belt 3127 Bohaiwan Basin Priority 20 17 3910 Bonaparte Gulf Basin Priority 91 72 3806 Bone Basin 257 216 3106 Bose Basin 3911 Bowen Basin 325 277 3912 Bremer Basin 3913 Browse Basin Priority 90 71 3602 Cagayan Basin 352 302 3914 Canning Basin 345 295 3964 Cape Vogel Basin 3915 Capricorn Basin 3916 Carnarvon Basin 275 232 3917 Carpentaria Basin 3807 Celebes Sea 3808 Central Sumatra Basin Priority 36 28 3501 Central Vietnam Basin 3918 Challenger Plateau 3972 Chatham Rise 3203 Choybalsan Basin 3107 Chuxiong Basin 3919 Clarence-Moreton Basin 380 328 3920 Coen-Yambo Block 3603 Cotabato Basin 3108 Cuoqing Lupola Basin 390 338 3921 Daly River Basin 3922 Darling Basin 3923 Drummond Fold Belt and Anakie High 3109 East China Sea Basin 203 167 3809 East Java Basin Boutique 125 97 3810 East Natuna Basin 318 270 3014 East Ontong Java Rise 3110 Erlian Basin 232 194 3166 Erlian Uplift 3924 Eromanga Basin 122 95 3925 Eucla Basin 3973 Fiji Islands 3006 Fiji Ridge 3811 Flores Basin 3926 Galilee Basin 3927 Gascoyne Block 3928 Gawler Block 3401 Gensan Basin 3929 Georgina Basin 391 339 3930 Gippsland Basin Priority 60 48 3204 Gobi Basin 316 268 3812 Gorontalo Basin 3931 Great Australian Bight Basin 3208 Great Lake Basin 3209 Great Lake Uplift 3007 Great South Basin 355 305 3702 Greater Sarawak Basin Priority 34 26 3402 Gyeongsang Basin 3932 Halifax Basin 3933 Halls Creek Province 3813 Halmahera Basin 3814 Halmahera Platform 3165 Heilongjiang Basin 3008 Hikurani Trough 3934 Hodgkinson/Lachlan Fold Belt 3302 Honshu Ridge 3403 Huskan Platform 3015 Indispensable Reef 3303 Ishikari Hidaka Basin 270 227 3304 Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted Terrane 199 163 3815 Java/Banda Sea 340 290 3112 Jianghan Basin 211 175 3113 Jiangnan South Jiangsu Fold Belt 323 275 3114 Jiuquan Minle Wuwei Basin 226 188 3305 Joban Basin 290 245 3115 Jungger Basin Priority 55 43 3306 Kanto Basin 229 191 3116 Karamay Thrust Belt 3010 Kermadec Ridge 3816 Ketuneau/Sintang Terrane 353 303 3502 Khorat Platform 251 211 3935 Kimberley Basin 3404 Korba Bay Basin 364 314 3406 Korean Continental Shelf 3405 Korean Craton 3117 Kumukulig Basin 3118 Kunlunshan Fold Belt 314 266 3817 Kutei Basin Priority 43 34 3936 Lacklan Fold Belt 3119 Lanping Simao Basin 3937 Laura Basin 3120 Leidong Basin 3121 Lhasa Basin 3122 Lhasa Terrane 397 345 3168 Longmenshan Dabashan Fold Belt 3011 Lord Howe Rise 3012 Loyalty Island Ridge 3124 Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift 247 208 3938 Malakula/Aoba/Banks Basin 3703 Malay Basin Priority 41 33 3704 Malay Peninsula 360 310 3939 Marion Terrain 3940 Maryborough Basin 382 330 3945 McArthur Basin 3503 Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau Basin 151 120 3013 Melanesia Border Plateau 3818 Melawi Basin 3017 Mellish Reef 3819 Meratus High 297 252 3820 Merauke Platform 3307 Miyazaki Basin 3164 Mohe Basin 3941 Money Shoal Basin 3202 Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region 3942 Mt. Isa Block 3943 Murray Basin 3944 Musgrave Block 3125 Nanpanjiang Depression 308 261 3126 Nanyang Basin 173 139 3018 New Caledonia 3946 New England Fold Belt 3966 New Guinea Foreland Basin-Fold Belt 108 84 3967 New Guinea Mobile Belt 3019 New Hebrides Arc 3968 New Ireland Basin 3020 New Zealand East Coast Basin 3021 New Zealand Orogenic Belt 385 333 3947 Ngalia Basin 3308 Niigata Basin 187 152 3022 Norfolk Island Ridge 3821 North Banda Basin 289 244 3822 North Sumatra Basin Priority 65 53 3823 Northern Irian Jaya Waropen Basin 319 271 3023 Northland Basin 3824 Northwest Java Basin Priority 70 58 3948 Northwest Shelf Priority 46 37 3205 Nyalga Basin 3949 Officer Basin 3309 Okinawa Trough 3128 Ordos Basin Boutique 127 99 3950 Otway Basin 234 195 3605 Palawan Shelf 141 111 3606 Pamusian Tarakan Basin 157 125 3504 Panjang/Cardomomes Basin 3969 Papuan Basin-Shelf Platform 197 161 3951 Paterson Province 3130 Pearl River Mouth Basin 170 136 3825 Penyu/West Natuna Basin Boutique 130 102 3952 Perth Basin 249 209 3607 Philippine Accretionary Prism 3608 Philippine Magmatic Arc 378 326 3953 Pilbara Block 3954 Pine Creek Geosyncline 3137 Qabdu Basin 3131 Qaidam Basin 181 146 3132 Qiangtang Tanggula Basin 3133 Qiangtang Terrane 3134 Qilianshan Fold Belt 371 319 3135 Qinling Dabieshan Fold Belt 254 213 3136 Qiongdongnan Basin 363 313 3955 Queensland Plateau 3705 Rajang-Crocker Accretionary Prism 3609 Reed Bank Basin 315 267 3956 Rocky Cape Block/Dundas Trough 3016 Russell Basin 3310 Ryukyu Volcanic Arc 339 289 3311 Sagara Basin 386 334 3505 Saigon Basin Boutique 136 106 3024 Samoa Basin 3139 Sanshui Basin 3312 Sea Of Japan Backarc Basin 344 294 3970 Sepik-Ramu Basin 3140 Shanxi Plateau 326 278 3141 Shiwan Dashan Basin 3004 Shorland Basin 3142 Sichuan Basin Boutique 117 91 3313 Sinzi Uplift 3025 Solander-Waiau Basin 3005 Solomon Islands 3144 Songliao Basin Priority 32 25 3143 Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt 3826 South Banda Basin 3971 South Bismarck Volcanic Arc 3181 South China Continental Shelf Slope 210 174 3146 South China Fold Belt 252 212 3167 South China Ocean Basin 3506 South China Sea Platform 3827 South Makassar Basin 3828 South Sumatra Basin Priority 73 60 3957 Stuart Shelf 3147 Subei Yellow Sea Basin 175 141 3829 Sulawesi Accretionary Prism 303 257 3830 Sulawesi Magmatic Arc 3148 Sulongshan Fold Belt 3610 Sulu Arch 3611 Sulu Sea Basin 260 218 3831 Sumatra/Java Accretionary Prism 3832 Sumatra/Java Fore-Arc Basins 268 226 3833 Sumatra/Java Magmatic Arc 250 210 3834 Sumba Province 3835 Sunda Platform 3958 Surat Basin 214 178 3959 Sydney Basin 372 320 3520 Tagaung Myitkyina Fold Belt 3149 Taihangshan Yanshan Fold Belt 350 300 3150 Taikang Hefei Basin 3152 Taiwan Melange Belt 3151 Taiwan Thrust and Fold Belt 200 164 3153 Taixinan Basin 262 220 3031 Taranaki Basin 126 98 3154 Tarim Basin Boutique 124 96 3960 Tasmania Basin 3207 Temtsag Hailar Basin 288 243 3961 Tennant Creek Block 3507 Thai Basin 116 90 3508 Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt 231 193 3026 Three Kings Rise 3314 Tokachi Basin 3027 Tonga Ridge 3509 Tonle Sap-Phnom Penh Basin 3315 Tottori Basin 3510 Truong Son Fold Belt 3316 Tsushima Basin 272 229 3156 Turpan Basin 235 196 3210 Ulan Bator Basin 3138 Ushumun Basin 3028 Vanikoro Basin 3962 Victoria River Basin 3612 Visayan 359 309 3029 Waikato Basin 3030 Wanganui Basin 3836 Weber Basin 3963 Wiso Basin 3157 Xichang Yunnan Fold Belt 3158 Xisha Trough 3974 Yilgarn Block 3159 Yingehai Basin 138 108 3160 Yinshan Da and Xiao Hingganling Uplift 304 258 3169 Yitong Graben 3161 Yunnan Guizhou Hubei Fold Belt 279 235 3837 Zambalez/Central Luzon Basin 379 327 3162 Zhangguangcailing Uplift 305 259
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 4, Europe (62 Provinces)
4058 Adriatic Basin 167 133 4075 Aegean 242 203 4077 Alentejo-Guadalquivir Basin 287 242 4051 Alps 140 110 4088 Andalucia 4036 Anglo-Dutch Basin Priority 39 31 4040 Anglo-Paris Basin 166 132 4059 Apulia Platform 4045 Aquitaine Basin 198 162 4041 Armoricia 4021 Baltic Depression 194 158 4016 Baltic Shield-Norwegian Caledonides 225 187 4013 Barents Continental Slope 329 281 4078 Betic Zone 4046 Bohemia 135 105 4054 Bresse Depression 4061 Carpathian-Balkanian Basin Priority 54 42 4012 Central Barents Platform 294 249 4067 Corsican-Sardinian Basins 4076 Crete 4071 Dinaric Alps 369 317 4063 Dobrogean Orogen 4019 Faeroes-Shetland-Orkney Basin Boutique 129 101 4022 Fennoscandian Border-Danish-Polish Margin 4073 Galician Basin 4033 German-Polish Basin 109 85 4015 Hammerfest-Varanger Basin 131 103 4020 Hatton-Rockall Basin 4023 Horda-Norwegian-Danish Basin 237 198 4072 Iberian Massif 4083 Iberic Cordillera 208 172 4026 Ireland-Scotland Platform 201 165 4030 Irish Sea 121 94 4052 Jura 374 322 4056 Lion-Camargue 396 344 4037 London-Brabant Platform 4074 Lusitanian Basin 4043 Massif Central 387 335 4027 Midland Valley-Forth Approaches Basin 320 272 4028 Mid-North Sea High 330 282 4049 Molasse Basin 186 151 4038 Munsterland Basin 298 253 4047 North Carpathian Basin Priority 82 66 4025 North Sea Graben Priority 8 8 4035 Northwest German Basin Priority 21 18 4048 Pannonian Basin Priority 71 59 4060 Po Basin Priority 84 68 4068 Provence Basin Boutique 4044 Pyrenean Foothills-Ebro Basin 110 86 4055 Rhine Graben 255 214 4066 Sicily 180 145 4039 Southwest German Basin 393 341 4070 Spanish Trough-Cantabrian Zone 301 255 4011 Svalbard High 259 217 4082 Tajo-Duero Basin 376 324 4053 Trans-graben 4057 Transylvania Priority 68 56 4014 Troms-Bjornoya 4062 Tuscany-Latium-Paola 205 169 4069 Tyrrhenian Basin 4017 Vestford-Helgeland Priority 64 52 4064 West Black Sea Basin 213 177
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 5, North America (179 Provinces)
5071 Adirondack Uplift 5243 Alberta Basin Priority 19 16 5023 Albuquerque-Santa Fe Rift 5077 Aleutian Arc OCS 5225 Algonquin Arch-Michigan Basin 216 179 5058 Anadarko Basin 25 5223 Anticosti Basin 5067 Appalachian Basin 258 5219 Appalachian Foldbelt 5241 Arctic Coastal Shelf 5062 Arkoma Basin 85 5070 Atlantic Coastal Plain 5099 Atlantic Mesozoic OCS 5207 Baffin Basin Boutique 5333 Baja California Backbone 5233 Banks Basin 5081 Beaufort Shelf OCS 5045 Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin 52 5076 Bering Shelf-Margin Basins OCS 5034 Big Horn Basin 92 5065 Black Warrior Basin 189 5068 Blue Ridge Thrust Belt 5230 Boothia Basin 5250 Bowser Basin 5300 Burgos Basin 128 100 5322 Burros Uplift 388 336 5053 Cambridge Arch-Central Kansas Uplift 93 5307 Campeche-Sigsbe Salt Basin 5079 Canada Basin-Beaufort Slope OCS 5248 Canadian Cordillera 5226 Canadian Shield 5002 Central Alaska 5092 Central California OCS 5011 Central Coastal 176 5318 Central Mesa 5060 Cherokee Platform 111 5311 Chiapas Massif 5317 Chicontepec Basin 221 183 5326 Chihuahuan Basin and Range 5078 Chukchi Borderland OCS 5080 Chukchi Shelf OCS 5066 Cincinnati Arch 217 5321 Coahuila Platform 373 321 5088 Cook Inlet OCS 5237 Cornwallis Foldbelt 5039 Denver Basin 123 5201 East Greenland Foldbelt 5200 East Greenland Rift Basins Boutique 5048 East Texas Basin 31 5019 Eastern Great Basin 277 5005 Eastern Oregon-Washington 5238 Ellesmere Foldbelt 5050 Florida Peninsula 253 5056 Forest City Basin 233 5229 Foxe Basin 5222 Fundy Basin 5218 Georges Bank 5252 Georgia Basin 5202 Greenland Shield 5330 Guaymas-Topolobambo Basin 5315 Guerrero Basin 5097 Gulf Cenozoic OCS 18 5098 Gulf Mesozoic OCS 215 5089 Gulf of Alaska Shelf OCS 5082 Hope Basin OCS 5228 Hudson Bay Basin 5227 Hudson Strait Basin 5017 Idaho-Snake River Downwarp 5064 Illinois Basin 78 5095 Inner Borderland OCS 5052 Iowa Shelf 5314 Jalisco-Oaxaca Platform 392 340 5206 Kane Basin 5006 Klamath-Sierra Nevada 5215 Labrador-Newfoundland Shelf Priority 97 76 5040 Las Animas Arch 248 5094 Los Angeles Basin OCS 5014 Los Angeles Basin 49 5049 Louisiana-Mississippi Salt Basins 33 5240 Mackenzie Delta Slope 5239 Mackenzie Delta 406 354 5246 Mackenzie Foldbelt 207 171 5306 Macuspana Basin 150 119 5221 Magdalen Basin 5325 Magiscatzin Basin 5046 Marathon Thrust Belt 334 5328 Mazatlan Basin 5063 Michigan Basin 115 5235 Minto Arch 5027 Montana Thrust Belt 368 5084 N. Aleutian Basin OCS 5083 Navarin Basin OCS 5055 Nemaha Uplift 86 5072 New England 5204 North Greenland Foldbelt 5203 North Greenland Platform 5028 North-Central Montana 163 5001 Northern Alaska 24 5024 Northern Arizona 300 5007 Northern Coastal 307 5242 Northern Interior Basins 266 224 5086 Norton Basin OCS 5096 Outer Borderland OCS 5057 Ozark Uplift 5091 Pacific Northwest OCS 5043 Palo Duro Basin 42 5021 Paradox Basin 164 5038 Park Basins 312 5320 Parras Basin 324 276 5236 Parry Island Foldbelt 361 311 5042 Pedernal Uplift 5044 Permian Basin 10 5069 Piedmont 5033 Powder River Basin 88 5335 Purisima-Iray Basin 5253 Queen Charlotte Basin 5251 Quesnel Basin 5041 Raton Basin-Sierra Grande Uplift 5245 Rocky Mountain Deformed Belt Priority 94 73 5323 Sabinas Basin 218 180 5009 Sacramento Basin 132 5054 Salina Basin 269 5304 Saline-Comalcalco Basin Priority 96 75 5016 Salton Trough 5332 Salton Trough 278 234 5015 San Diego-Oceanside 5010 San Joaquin Basin 30 5022 San Juan Basin 50 5093 Santa Barbara-Ventura Basin OCS 5012 Santa Maria Basin 119 5217 Scotian Shelf 165 131 5059 Sedgwick Basin 149 5090 Shumagin-Kodiak Shelf OCS 5220 Sidney Basin 5310 Sierra Madre de Chiapas-Peten Foldbelt 292 247 5327 Sierra Madre Occidental Volcanic Plateau 5313 Sierra Madre Oriental Foldbelt 5329 Sinaloa 5032 Sioux Arch 5008 Sonoma-Livermore Basin 366 5331 Sonoran Basin and Range 5231 South Arctic Basin 5026 South-Central New Mexico 5209 Southeast Greenland Basin 5003 Southern Alaska 100 5025 Southern Arizona-Southwestern New Mexico 5216 Southern Newfoundland Shelf 5061 Southern Oklahoma 80 5029 Southwest Montana 283 5037 Southwestern Wyoming 77 5085 St. George Basin OCS 5224 St. Lawrence Lowlands 5087 St. Matthew-Hall Basin OCS 5051 Superior 5234 Sverdrup Basin Boutique 405 353 5324 Tamaulipas Arch 5301 Tampico-Misantla Basin Priority 51 40 5254 Tofino Basin 5319 Torrecon-Sierra Madre Oriental Foldbelt 5316 Trans-mexican Neovolcanic Axis 395 343 5303 Tuxla Uplift 5020 Uinta-Piceance Basin 102 5013 Ventura Basin 72 5302 Veracruz Basin Boutique 227 189 5305 Villahermosa Uplift Priority 16 14 5334 Vizcaino Basin 399 347 5205 Wandel Sea Basin 5208 West Greenland Basin 5018 Western Great Basin 5047 Western Gulf 9 5004 Western Oregon-Washington 333 5249 Whitehorse Basin 5244 Williston Basin, Canada Priority 58 46 5031 Williston Basin, U.S. 98 5035 Wind River Basin 154 5232 Wollaston Basin 5036 Wyoming Thrust Belt 134 5308 Yucatan Platform 337 287 5247 Yukon Basin
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 6, Central and South America (122 Provinces)
6042 Acre Basin 6065 Altiplano Basin 384 332 6012 Amazonas Basin 348 298 6006 Andean Province 6019 Araripe Province 6109 Aves Ridge 6119 Bahama Platform 6033 Bahia Sul Basin 311 264 6097 Barinas-Apure Basin 158 126 6025 Barreieinas Basin 375 323 6111 Beata Ridge 6044 Beni Basin 6049 Bermejo Basin 6048 Bolsones Basin 6101 Bonaire Basin 6085 Borbon Basin 6003 Brazilian Shield 6004 Brazilian Shield 6005 Brazilian Shield 6026 Caera Basin 241 202 6035 Campos Basin Priority 47 38 6102 Cariaco Basin 228 190 6086 Cauca Basin 6121 Cayman Ridge 6120 Cayman Trough 6074 Central Chile Forearc Basin 342 292 6094 Cesar Basin 383 331 6047 Chaco Basin 6122 Chiapas Massif-Nuclear Central America 6087 Choco Pacific Basin 6057 Colorado Basin 6112 Columbian Basin 6068 Curico Basin 6051 Cuyo Basin 144 114 6009 Deseado Province 6018 Diamantina Province 6071 Diego Ramirez Basin 6061 East Patagonia Basin 6098 East Venezuela Basin Priority 13 11 6092 Eastern Cordillera Basin 152 121 6034 Espirito Santo Basin 239 200 6100 Falcon Basin 204 168 6007 Familina Province 6022 Foz de Amazonas Basin 243 204 6117 Greater Antilles Deformed Belt 6095 Guajira Basin 177 142 6021 Guyana Basin 271 228 6002 Guyana Shield 6039 Huallaga Basin 6030 Jatoba Basin 6053 Laboulaye-Macachin Basin 6082 Lancones Basin 6107 Lesser Antilles Deformed Belt 202 166 6077 Lima Basin 6096 Llanos Basin Priority 53 41 6091 Lower Magdelena 209 173 6072 Madre de Dios Basin 6043 Madre dos Dios Basin 101 78 6059 Magallenes Basin Priority 66 54 6063 Malvinas Basin 299 254 6062 Malvinas Plateau 6064 Malvinas Trough 6084 Manabi Basin 6099 Maracaibo Basin Priority 11 9 6050 Mascasin Basin 6125 Maya Mountains 6052 Mercedes Basin 6113 Middle America Province 6090 Middle Magdelena Priority 89 70 6075 Mollendo-Tarapaca Basin 6066 Moquegua-Tamaruga Basin 6108 Neogene Volcanic Belt 6055 Neuquen Basin Priority 61 49 6056 Nirihuau Basin 6060 North Malvinas Basin 6114 North Nicaraguan Rise 6008 North Patagonia Province 6046 Oran-Olmedo Basin 236 197 6070 Osorno-Llanquihue Basin 6088 Pacific Offshore Basin 6020 Parana Basin 367 316 6014 Parecis Province 6016 Parnaiba Basin 6037 Pelotas Basin 6073 Penas Basin 6093 Perija-Venezuela-Coastal Ranges 398 346 6028 Pernambuco Basin 6076 Pisco Basin 6027 Potigar Basin 168 134 6083 Progreso Basin 219 181 6118 Puerto Rico Trench 6041 Putamayo-Orient-Maranon Basin Priority 56 44 6032 Reconcavo Basin 120 93 6054 Salado Basin 6067 Salar de Atacama Basin 6078 Salaverry Basin 6058 San Jorge Basin Priority 76 63 6024 San Luis Basin 6045 Santa Cruz-Tarija Basin Priority 75 62 6023 Santana Platform 341 291 6038 Santiago Basin 6036 Santos Basin 185 150 6017 Sao Francisco Basin 6080 Sechura Basin 6029 Sergipe-Alagoas Basin 162 130 6105 Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 6011 Solimoes Basin 188 153 6104 South Caribbean Deformed Belt 6115 South Nicaraguan Rise 6013 Sucunduri Province 6010 Tacutu Basin 400 348 6081 Talara Basin 113 88 6069 Temuco Basin 394 342 6103 Tobago Trough Priority 79 64 6079 Trujillo Basin 6031 Tucano Basin 343 293 6040 Ucayali Basin 224 186 6089 Upper Magdelena 159 127 6110 Venezuela Basin 6106 West-Central Cordillera 6015 Xingu Province 6123 Yucatan Basin
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 7, Sub-Saharan Africa and Antarctica (55 Provinces)
7161 Amhara Plateau 7470 Amundsen/Bellingshausen Offshore 7430 Antarctic Penninsula 7105 Baffa 7136 Benue 223 185 7480 Bransfield Offshore 7066 Chad 246 207 7311 Damer Belt 7331 E. Kalahari Precambrian Belt 7246 East African Rift 7231 East Zaire Precambrian Belt 7075 Erdis Kufra 7285 Etosha 7183 Gulf of Guinea Boutique 183 148 7041 Hoggar 7055 Iullemmeden 7325 Kalahari 7355 Karoo Boutique 7500 Kerguelen Offshore 7087 Khartoum 7291 Luffillian Arc 7381 Madagascar 7403 Madagascar Offshore 7510 Marie Byrd Onshore 7373 Morondava 327 279 7343 Mozambique Coastal Boutique 182 147 7192 Niger Delta Priority 12 10 7121 Nigerian Massive 7303 Orange River Coastal Boutique 156 124 7490 Polar Province 7450 Queen Maud Offshore 7460 Queen Maud Onshore 7550 Ross Offshore 7420 Scotia Ridge Offshore 7530 Scott Offshore 7013 Senegal Boutique 313 265 7417 Seychelles 7263 Somali Deep Sea 7255 Somali 172 138 7363 South African Coastal 171 137 7091 South Red Sea Shield 7146 Sud Boutique 145 115 7396 Tamatave 7273 Tanzania Coastal 212 176 7035 Taoudeni Basin 7520 Transantarctic Mountains 7114 Volta 7440 Weddell Offshore 7173 West African Coastal 7021 West African Shield 7211 West Zaire Precambrian Belt 7203 West-Central Coastal Priority 29 24 7151 Western Nubian Shield 7540 Wilkes Onshore 7225 Zaire
Rank Prov. Province Assessment excl. of Name Type Rank U.S.
Region 8, South Asia (29 Provinces)
8024 Afghan 8034 Assam Priority 83 67 8022 Baluchistan 8043 Bombay Priority 38 30 8044 Cauvery 244 205 8023 Central Afghanistan 276 233 8030 Chindwara 8032 Damodar 8047 Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta Boutique 107 83 8028 Himalayan Foreland 8002 Himalayan 332 284 8003 Indian Shield 401 349 8005 Indo-Burman 331 283 8042 Indus Priority 87 69 8048 Irrawaddy Boutique 103 79 8026 Kohat-Potwar 174 140 8063 Konkan 8045 Krishna-Godavari 191 155 8062 Lakshadweep 8046 Mahanadi 8021 Makran 8061 Maldives 8035 North Burma 356 306 8033 Pranhita-Godavari 8031 Satpura-Brahmani 8001 Southeast Afghanistan 8004 Sri Lanka 8025 Sulaiman-Kirthar 99 77 8006 Tenasserim-Shan 291 246
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