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Jolly useful Geography websites

Edited to update useful sites. I will add others in as people put them on this thread [This is a copy of the one in the Secondary Geography thread!]

Here's an updated list of all the others in this thread
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/globalwarming.nsf/0/85256c870070ee7285256c6100771d4b?OpenDocument - excellent example for global warming.
http://www.weatherbase.com/ [stats about weather in every country]
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/winter97/connection.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/conferences/GIS99/north_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/2000/4-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]

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Geogger
Okay how about this for starters?

Site - http://earthtrends.wri.org/

Comment - 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. :smile:


Cool, checked it out and it looks good. Keep them coming :smile:
Reply 2
Godammit!! I wish id been on here during my A levels. Lol :biggrin:
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Geogger
Never mind, you can now be a guru for the A/S and A2 students! :biggrin:


Cant remember a thing from A level! :biggrin: except how to colour in the lines as my geo teacher always said. :rolleyes: Im doing volcanology and environmental hazards so I spose I could answer questions on that! The rest of my degree doesnt really belong anywhere. To save hijacking the thread ill add:

Relief Web - Great place if your building up certain natural disaster case studies

and this on volcanoes Volcano World

Oh and if people if you ever get a chance to go to Iceland (the country not the supermarket) go, tis AMAZING :biggrin: end of plug
Reply 4
:eek: forgot the CIA Factbook! Id be lost without this site, Ive no idea where places are :redface: :tongue:
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I just found this web site for westher and climate. It is very good for A level.

http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/Resources/Teaching_Packs/Key_Stage_4/Weather_Climate/contents.html
Reply 7
Anyone got a link for a NIC case study? :smile:
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Geogger
What level of detail do you need? I've got stuff on Opportunities and Threats in NICs but it's not specific to one NIC


I need one specific to one of the 4 asian tigers really. Don't worry, I'll have a look in my textbooks :smile:
Reply 9
Geogger
Just sent it Ellie - should get through OK. Might clog up your inbox though!


I downloaded it, but Acrobat said it couldn't open it :confused: Hmm!
Reply 10
Geogger
It's Acrobat 6, shouldn't be a problem. Do you want me to try again?


I've just got it to work. Had to ask it to 'save' when I downloaded it rather than 'open'. Silly Ellie. Thanks very much Geogger! :smile:
Reply 11
Good Links for coral reefs! Hope it helps :smile:

www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/crlinks.htm - coral reefs
Reply 12
Whilst looking for bottem up projects i came across this great website. It has links to numerous other sites, and i have found it VERY useful:

http://geography.radley.org.uk/web_human.html
http://www.weatherbase.com/

Stats about the weather in every country across the world, down to specific weather stations at sites.


Used this website for my GCSE Statistics coursework 4 years ago, good to see it's still there.
Reply 14
Just found:

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/

Free and has lots of good info - case studies, skills, methods, and pretty photos
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http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver/index.html

Really good river stuff I found, the http://www.sciencecourseware.com/ site may have more gems but I haven't looked at the other areas.

Explains virtuals in rivers, the 6/10ths rule, really VITAL for river study coursework
If you want to skip the over-interactivity of having to do simple calculations, type in the url that shows up when you hover over the next button to skip being checked.

------------ (and from the separated-at-birth thread in the other forum):
Just found:

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/

Free and has lots of good info - case studies, skills, methods, and pretty photos

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http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/Gg_Sec/

Enough links to geography related sites to make your eyes bleed
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http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver/index.html

Really good river stuff I found, the http://www.sciencecourseware.com/ site may have more gems but I haven't looked at the other areas.

Explains virtuals in rivers, the 6/10ths rule, really VITAL for river study coursework
If you want to skip the over-interactivity of having to do simple calculations, type in the url that shows up when you hover over the next button to skip being checked.

(already posted this on the other thread, but i want to spread the love:smile:

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http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/Gg_Sec/

Enough links to geography related sites to make your eyes bleed
Reply 17
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

nice up to date pictures...
Reply 18
[geogger: Location: Latitude 51.08N Longitude 01.18E
haha, you're such a geography geek!]
Reply 19
Can anyone help me on Geography As Coursework. I haven't had time to collect my results, yet I need To do my methodology. I just need to know how to collect my data?

Any sites that could help

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