New Geography Hotlinks
Newest additions to links for Geographers
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University departments/Geography organisations
Environment monitoring
World Heritage List A complete listing of the more than 550 locations around the world designated as a World Heritage site by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The Rough Guide This guide from HotWired provides background, facts, history, and travel information for dozens of countries and regions around the world.
Daily sites of oceans, storms, volcanoes, earthquakes and solar occurrences
Other organisations and consortia
Education Network of Australia
UNHCR Country Index This site from the UN High Comission on Refugees provides geopolitical and refugee information about major countries of the world. Good overviews.
World and country maps often with a variety of other maps and other accompanying data for over 200 countries
CIA 1996 World Factbook The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook contains extensive information and thorough data about nations of the world as well as national political maps and flags.
Country at a Glance This United Nations site provides a short statistical overview (area, population, largest city, and nine other items) of member nations and an image of the flag.
Country Profiles Basic facts about nations along with extensive population and area information on cities, metropolitan areas, and divisions.
Country Studies/Area Handbook Handbooks about 71 countries of the world, prepared by the Library of Congress. Very thorough information including history, geography, and culture.
Flags of the World If you're looking for an image of a flag or the history of a flag -- this is the site for you. An excellent collection of flags of states, nations, and international organziations.
Infonation This United Nations site allows you to select up to seven UN-member nations and up to four data items and the program creates a comparisontable.
National Geographic Map Machine Atlas An excellent resource. Excellent maps, flags and basic data from the National Geographic Society (NGS).
Rulers A very comprehensive and impressive site containing a listing of heads of state and heads of government for the countries of the world (past and present). Also includes a listing of events which have caused changes to the list as well as upcoming events (elections, etc.) which may create a change to the list.
Microsoft's TerraServer - Satellite photos of many parts of the world, with zoomable images
GeoNative Minority languages and native cultures on the map. Worth a look.
http://www.wco.com/~ejia/ EDU2 (This page has over 12000 links! - check out the Geoscience section)
Daily sites of oceans, storms, volcanoes, earthquakes and solar occurrences
Effects of El Niņo on Streamflow, Lake Level, and Landslide Potential A thorough overview of the topics contained in the title. Also has a nice "What is El Niņo?" section.
El Niņo and California Precipitation This site discusses the current event and its possibilities for California precipitation. Updated regularly with many images and charts.
El Niņo and the National Landslide Hazard Outlook for 1997-1998 This USGS site provides maps showing the possible landslide hazard based on expected precipitation this winter and spring.
El Niņo Rules This excellent resource from the "Why Files" will tell you just about everything you'd every want to know in a very readable format. Includes history, causes, effects, El Niņo's possible relationship to global warming, and more.
El Niņo Theme Page: Accessing Distributed Information Related to El Niņo The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) comprehensive El Niņo site. Includes current information, forecasts, data, and much more.
El Niņo/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Information The NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center's site includes the latest advisory, a "What happens during an El Niņo?" section, and much more.
FEMA El Niņo Loss Reduction Center The Federal Emergency Management Agency's resource for preparing for El Niņo.
Daily sites of oceans, storms, volcanoes, earthquakes and solar occurrences
American Association of Geographers
The Institute of Australian Geographers (Incorporated)
Royal Geographic Society of Queensland
World and country maps often with a variety of other maps and other accompanying data for over 200 countries
Atlas of Cyberspaces maps and graphic representations of the geographies of the new electronic territories of the Internet, WWW and other emerging cyberspaces
Dreamworld's Antarctic Adventure
General Interest Sites
The Handy Geography Answer Book
Last modified: 27 April 1999