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  July 2000 Vegetation Anomaly, North America
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  Dataset:   Vegetation Anomaly · Vegetation Index · Average Vegetation
  Region:   Africa · North America · South America
 
  This spring and summer the Rocky Mountains have been relatively dry, and the brown regions in the U.S. West, stretching from the Canadian to the Mexican border, indicate the effect on the region’s forests. Western Montana and eastern Idaho are particularly parched, and appear darker brown. The drought conditions have contributed to this year’s devastating fire season, during which millions of acres have burned in the West.

   
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