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Administrative
Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")
- Worldwide reference for states, provinces, governorates,
counties, districts, and other subdivisions of countries.
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Canadian
Council for Geographic Education - Aims to strengthen
geographic education in the classroom, and to increase the
public awareness of the importance of geographical literacy.
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The
Columbia Gazetteer of North America - Comprehensive
encyclopedia of geographical places and features.
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CountryWatch.com:Website
to The World - Country Information: including current
political, historical, economic, environemental, demographic
data.
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Cyber-Geography
Research - An initiative to map cyberspace, this site
contains a variety of pages dedicated to helping the viewing
not only understand "cyber geography" but to
visualize it as well.
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The
Degree Confluence Project - The Degree Confluence Project
contains photographs of the intersections of integer latitude
and longitude degree lines.
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Environmental
Geography - Dr. James Hayes Bohanan - Geography of the
environment, and the use of the web in higher education.
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European
Spatial Planning Resource and Information Database (ESPRID)
- The database focuses on the spatial dimensions of
territorial development processes and the spatial impacts of
EU, national, regional and local policies across the European
continent.
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Footnotes
to History - Indexed reference site that provides an
overview of ephemeral states, micronations, secessionist
states, and related entities. Includes links to related
photographs,documents, and other resources.
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Geographical
- A site that explores the world. The online resource on
travel for schools, professionals and enthusiasts alike.
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Geographic.org
- Learn about world geography, climate, countries, people,
maps, and flags. Intended for elementary through junior high
school students.
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The
Geography Exchange - A combination of teaching resources,
lessons and indexes of website links with an emphasis on
physical geography.
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Geography
Links - Web directory of general geography links provided
by the University of Northern Iowa.
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Geography
Resource Center - Internet Resources for Geographers
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Geography
World - A massive collection of links on all aspects of
geography.
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Geo-Guide
- A subject gateway to scholarly information in earth science,
geography and mining. From the Goettingen State and University
Library.
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Geosource
- Web resources for human geography, physical geography,
planning, geoscience and environmental science. Provided by
Utrecht University Library.
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GIS
and Mapping Links - Links to Geography, Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and Mapping sites on the internet.
All links are verified every month.
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Global
Geografia - Country data, maps and flags and other
geographic information.
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Global
Population Project - Current population figures for
cities, towns and regions of countries.
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Global
Statistics - A collection of tables and graphs providing a
statistical look at countries, their population, area,
capital, and main cities.
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History
of the International Date Line - Extensive information on
the circumnavigator's paradox and the history of its
resolution.
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Infoplease
Political and Reference Atlas - Infoplease Atlas has
political maps of each region, country, and state with links
to reference information.
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Information
Please: Geography Resource - Geographic facts, lists, and
statistics, including highest mountains, longest rivers,
latitudes and longitudes, and explorations and expeditions.
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Island
Information - Information on the world's islands,
including island superlatives.
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Map
Quiz - Map and Geography Trivia - Map and Geography trivia
game. Questions include countries, U.S. States, capitals and
flags.
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Mega
Maps - Walk through the Continents - Free PC program to
print out US or world maps of various sizes, up to 7 feet
across, on an ordinary printer. Requires Windows 3.1, 95 or
98.
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Mr.
Dowling's Electronic Passport - An online geography class
where students journey through time and space. Discover
different people and cultures and further your study by
following links.
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National
Geographic Xpeditions - Explore a virtual museum and a
wealth of teaching resources.
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NationbyNation:
Reference on Countries of the Globe - History, geography,
maps, economics, society as well as links and news feeds.
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The
START Natural Language Question Answering System - A
system designed to answer questions that are posed in natural
language. The system is especially equipped to answer
geography queries.
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US
Census Bureau Geography - Mapping products and services,
as well as geography resources used to compile the US Census.
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US
State Department - Dependencies and Areas of Special
Sovereignty - Listing of nations recognized by the US
government.
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US
State Department - Independent States of the World -
Independent states with diplomatic relations with U.S. and
member of UN. Country capitals, and names.
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The
Web of Culture - About cross-cultural communication. Also
provides general geographic and social education on foreign
nations and cultures, for preparation for visits from foreign
countries.
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World
Gazetteer - Information about current population of
countries, their administrative divisions, cities and towns as
well as images of the current national flags.
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World
Wide Web Virtual Library - Geography - Web directory of
resources in Geography, including educational links.
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Your
Own Language and Country - Information and links about all
countries: tourism, dictionaries, search engines, life and
religion.
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How
Far Is It?
- find out how far apart any two places are and see them on
a map.
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United
States Geological Survey (USGS)@
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About.com:
Geography - features contemporary and historic maps,
weather, culture, chat, population statistics, and more
about geography.
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States
Web Games - learn the locations, capitals,
abbreviations, and over 500 important facts about the 50
states of the USA.
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Test
Your Geography Knowledge - quizzes on countries by
continents and regions including the U.S., South America,
Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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U.S.
Census Bureau Geography - maps and cartographic
resources.
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Footnotes
to History - provides an overview of ephemeral states,
micronations, secessionist states, and every other kind of
country you never heard of in high school.
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Geo-Globe
- interactive games that help you learn geography.
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Internet
Geographer - includes a searchable directory of links,
quizzes, message board, and trivia.
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Geosense
- test your knowledge of world geography alone or against
another online player.
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National
System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG)
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National
Geographic: Roper Geographic Survey - test your
knowledge of geography and compare it to other regions and
countries.
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Geography
Olympics - quiz consists of trying to locate 10 randomly
selected countries on a map of the world, a kind of
Geography Bee for the entire planet to take part in.
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U.S.
Department of State Geographic Learning Site - designed
to assist the teaching of geography and foreign affairs to
students in grades K-12.
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Family
Geography Challenge - offers news, quizzes, and
activities for kids and grownups from National Geographic.
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Geography
Web Games - geography games and quizzes about places all
over the world.
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Wikipedia:
Geography - features the structure of geography, the
history of geography, techniques, related fields, and
external links.
