Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Useful Geog sites

http://earthtrends.wri.org/ [searchable database World Resources Institute]
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html [Encylopedia of the Atmosphere]
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml [meteorology explanations]
http://www.meto.gov.uk/education/cu...roclimates.html [aspects of weather including microclimates]
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/impacts/index.html [Global Warming]
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwa...b?OpenDocument - excellent example for global warming.
http://www.weatherbase.com/ [stats about weather in every country]
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/q...onnection.html -global warming and el nino
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml - excellent hurricane site

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ [flood risks etc]
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/crlinks.htm [coral reefs]
http://www.geography.btinternet.co.uk/ [Kay’s Geog page – good links]
http://www.pupilvision.com/ [Another good links page]
http://www.georesources.co.uk/ [And another very good links page]
http://www.geography-site.co.uk/ [a good general site]
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/Gg_Sec/ [loads of links]
http://geography.radley.org.uk/web_human.html [another very good link page]
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ [nice up-to-date pictures]

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/ [info on case studies etc]
http://www.nationmaster.com/ [graphically very helpful]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main [a useful site for geog articles]
http://www.britanniatrophies.co.uk/geofactsheets/ [geofactsheets]

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ [Volcanoes] http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm [Disaster relief]
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/Vi...iver/index.html [rivers]
http://ndrd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Natural Hazards resource page
http://www.mantleplumes.org/VolcanicBombs.html - tectonic hotspots
http://www.nativemaps.org/conference...rth_slope.html Alaska and periglaciation

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ [CIA Factbook – statistical country data]
http://www.worldbank.org/data/datab...atabytopic.html [world data eg debt relief]
http://www.mrdowling.com/800nations.html [User-friendly stats on countries]
http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/geography/Demotrans/demtran.htm brilliant site on Demographic Transition
http://www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/Women/green-e.htm Women and development
http://www.foodfirst.org/media/opeds...-greenrev.html Food and Development
http://www.malhamdale.org.uk/malham_cove.htm [lovely site on Malham]
http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/ [good Lake District plus factsheets –downloadable]
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/planning/tranport.htm [sustainable transport in Cambridge]
http://www.worldbank.org/data/databy...tabytopic.html
very useful if you want world data eg debt relief etc
Web site for weather and climate. Very good for A level.
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/Resources/T.../contents.html
A version of the CIA factbook but in a more user-friendly form!
http://www.mrdowling.com/800nations.html
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html
Content - Encyclopedia of the Atmosphere (Very user-friendly!)
http://earthtrends.wri.org/
World Resources Institute website, brilliant for searchable databases on all aspects of geog - human and environmental mine of information. You can sign up for regular updates to be emailed to you.

2 comments:

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