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Geography
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Great
Web Sites
- What
is Geography
Short overview of geography, explaining the difference between
human geography and physical geography. (http://www.aag.org/Careers/What_is_geog.html)
- Geography
FAQ
What is Balkanization? What is the world's longest river?
Is Rhode Island an island? Several hundred frequently asked
geography questions (and answers!). (http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzindex.htm)
- CIA
World Factbook
Facts, figures and maps for geography, economy and population
for the each country. Handy "Field Listing" feature
compares data for many countries on topics such as: climate,
population, airports, waterways, communications and many
more topics. (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
- 50States.com
Links to loads of facts and figures about all 50 states.
(http://www.50states.com/)
- Geographia
Longer articles summarizing the geography, history, culture
and climate of many of the world's countries. (http://www.geographia.com/index.html)
- Geography
Games
Fun games and quizzes from National Geographic to see what
you know about geography (http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames)
- Foreign
Affairs for America's Youth
Learn the who, what, when, where and why of foreign affairs
from the US State Department.
(http://future.state.gov/where/index.htm)
- Hudson
Basics
Information on the geography, history and species of the
Hudson River. (http://www.riverkeeper.org/hudson-river/basics/)
- Xpeditions
Atlas
Printable outline maps for continents, countries and states.
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/)
- National
Geographic Map Machine
Maps of countries around the world. Geographic, political,
climate, population and other themes. Flags and facts for
each country. (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
- Need
help?
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