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Bald
Eagle GeoResources
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A-Level
section
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Engineering
Triumphs -
The Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline
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Exxon-Valdez
Oil Spill
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Virtual
Antarctica
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Brazil
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Encarta
article on Brazil
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An
excellent resource about all aspects of Brazil
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Brazillian
Embassy - UK - Brazil in the secondary school
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A
superb resource designed to help teachers
planning their programmes for Key Stage 3 and
for GCSE and for Scottish Standard Grade
examinations. All sections have a Word format
version that can be downloaded by clicking the
"Associated Files" button on the
right. Ideal for students completing research
into Brazil. There are 13 different topics
covering on the site.
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Brazil
(CIA World Fact book)
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Brazil's
vital statistics
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Brazil
Flags
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World
Flag Database
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Brazil
information
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Brazil
- Info Please
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The
learning Network provided by info please
presents encyclopedia information about Brazil.
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Eye
on Brazil
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A
superb resources about Brazil on the Global
Eye Web Site - Aimed at Pirmary level - but
a good introduction for all!
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Canada
Centre for Remote Sensing
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Canadian
Association of Geographers
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Canadian
Communities Atlas
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Canadian
Forest Service
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Canadian
Ice Service
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Canadian
Information by Subject
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National
Library of Canada
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Canadian
Soil Information System
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Environmental
Systems Research Institute
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GIS
Schools and Library Program (Canada)
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Geological
Survey of Canada Geomatics
Canada GeoSources
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(Canadian
Council for Geographic Education)
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Great
Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System
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Historical
Atlas of Canada
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National
Atlas of Canada Online
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National
Earthquake Hazards Programme
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Parks
Canada
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Statistics
Canada
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Anglia
Campus - Coastal Landform
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This
is a excellent all round site about coastal
landforms.
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Cliff
erosion at the Holderness Coast
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Coastal
erosion resources
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Coastal
landforms
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Coastal
processes
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An
excellent site about coastal erosion and
landforms.
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Coastal
zone management
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Coasts
revision vocabulary
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East
Yorkshire Coast - Geology and Geomorphology
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Erosion
of the Holderness Coast
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Formation
of a bays and headlands
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An
excellent page with lots of animations
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Formation
of a cliff and a wave-cut platform
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An
excellent page with lots of animations
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Formation
of stacks arches and stumps
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Holderness
Coast Project Sea
defences
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Spurn
Head
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A
video about Spurn
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Countries
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Infoplease
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Country
listings
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CIA
World Fact Book
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CIA
world fact book
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Contains
information and statistics on every country in
the world!
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Icelandic
Tourist Board Web Site
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An
excellent site covering many aspects of one of
Europe's most beautiful countries!
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India
Links
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Lonely
Planet
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Contains
information about every country in the world
(well almost!!)
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Virtual
World and city tours
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A
straight forward site covering the main aspects
of desertification (text heavy)
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Desertification
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A
page by the Canadian International Development
Information Centre
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Desertification
Lesson Plans
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A
range of lessons plans and resources covering
desertification.
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Mr.
dowling's Electronic Passport - Deserts and the
Sahel
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Population
Reference Bureau
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Africa's
Struggle With Desertification
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The
Environment - A Global Challenge
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A
c omprehensive site on the environment. With 400
articles and 811 pages, the site covers every
aspect of the environment and provides many
interactive features. Take a look at the desertification
page
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The
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification
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A
web site covering a wide range of issues
relating to desertification by The United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
There are a range of fact
sheets on this site:
The
causes of desertification
The
Consequences of desertification
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UK
National Statistics
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Multinationals
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The
Pacific Rim
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The
Welsh Development Authority
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The
Welsh Development Authority - Investors in Wales
- Lucky Goldstar
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Map
and links to biome pages
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Ecosystems
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BBC
Bitesize Revision
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Ecosystems
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A
comprehensive site covering all the world's
major ecosystems
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The
Evergreen Project - Biomes of the world
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An
excellent web site containing a huge range of
resources - TOP SITE!
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Sustainability
2000
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What
is an ecosystem?
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BBC
Bitesize Revision
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World
ecosystems
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BBC
Bitesize Revision
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World
ecosystem map
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NASA
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Deserts
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A
detailed description of deserts
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Deserts
- Links
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A
page containing lots of links to sites related
to Deserts.
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The
Desert Biome
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The
Evergreen Project - Deserts
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An
excellent web site containing a huge range of
resources about the desert biome
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Equatorial/Tropical
Rainforest
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Amazon
Interactive
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Deforestation
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Deforestation
in the Amazon
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Help
with rainforest reports
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Probably
the best rainforest portal on the internet. You
will probably find EVERYTHING you need on this
site.
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Jungle
Photos
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Lots
of images of the Amazon Rainforest -
photographs, satellite images etc.
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The
Evergreen Project - Rainforests
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An
excellent web site containing a huge range of
resources about the rainforest biome
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Play
with a tree frog in South America
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Rainforest
alliance
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A
very good rainforest site.
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Rainforest
Action Network
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A
range of resources related to the rainforest.
Check out the Kids' Corner!
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Rainforest
Links
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Lot's
of links to web sites about tropical rainforests
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Rainforest
Web
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World
Rainforest Portal
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Science
in the Rainforest
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Take
a walk in the Rainforest
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Science
in the Rainforest
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Tropical
Rainforest Animals
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The
Causes of Tropical Deforestation
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The
causes of rainforest destruction
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A
very detailed page covering the causes of
rainforest destruction - well recommended. From
the Rainforest Information Centre Educational
Supplement
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The
Rainforest
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Kids
action Questions and answers
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Grasslands
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The
Evergreen Project - Grasslands
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An
excellent web site containing a huge range of
resources about the grassland (prairies) biome
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The
Evergreen Project - Taiga
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An
excellent web site containing a huge range of
resources about the taiga biome
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NORTHERN
CONIFEROUS FOREST BIOME
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Detailed
information about the Taiga biome
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Taiga
- links
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A
page containing lots of links to sites related
to Taiga
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The
Evergreen Project - Tundra
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An
excellent web site containing a huge range of
resources about the tundra biome
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Tundra
- links
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page
containing lots of links to sites related to
Tundra.
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Tundra
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Tundra
- The not-so barren land
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The
Tundra Biome
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Energy
Education
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California
Energy Commission
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Acid
Rain
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Acid
Rain
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Climate
Problems - Acid Rain
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Many
links to sites containing information about acid
rain.
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Desertification
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Environmental
index -
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Links
to pages with information about - Waste
management and recycling transport
air
pollution global
warming noise
pollution ozone
layer depletion water
resources alternative
and renewable energy resources acid
rain
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Envirofacts
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EPA
Global Warming Site
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Friends
of The Earth Homepage
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Forest
for life
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Part
of the WWF site (not the wrestling site!)
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Greenpeace
International
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Ozone
layer
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Save
our Earth
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Soil
Erosion
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The
Dust Bowl
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World
Environmental Change
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BBC's
Landmarks brings you information about world
environmental change. The site includes
information about Wetlands,
Dry lands,
Cities,
The Sea and Forests
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European
Union
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European
Union Homepage
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