Geography Resources

General Sites

• Choosing Geography at University: As it says!
• CIA - The World Factbook: A mass of world and country information
• Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: UK Gov site: DEFRA works for the essentials of life - water, food, air, land, people, animals and plants
• DSRS Satellite Images: Some excellent sat images, particularly of weather systems
• Aerial Photographs of Plymouth region: Burgh Island - Tombolo
• Geographical Techniques: Stats tests made simple
• Geography in the News (RGS): Excellent site, but you will need to log in
• GeoResources: Good starting point for general Geography topics
• Kay's AS & A2 Geography Resources: Excellent for general links to sites, organised by topic/theme
• Magic: UK Gov. site about rural policy-making and management
• Multimap: Excellent source of maps of UK
• NASA Earth Observatory
• National Geographic
• National Statistics: Excellent source of Demographic data
• Old Maps: Useful for looking at change over time
• Personal Enquiry - Kay's AS & A2 Geography: Useful for AS/A2 investigation
• S-Cool - Revision: Good but basic
• Streetmap

Physical Geography

Coasts and Hydrology

• Chiswell Coastal Defences: A2 Coasts: Chiswell flood defences
• Sidmouth Coastal Defences: A2 Coasts: Sidmouth coastal defences
• Wave Refraction-Diffraction: A2 Coasts
• National River Flow Archive: AS Hydrology & A2 Projects

Geology

• British Geological Survey (BGS): The UK's premier centre for earth science information
• Fossils and fossil collecting
• UK Fossils: 149 Fossil collecting locations! Geological guides and thousands of photos
• Geology of the Central South Coast of England: A2 Coasts essential
• Icelandic Photographs
• John Conway's Soil Research at the Royal Agricultural College: Soils in general and some excellent limestone scenery
• Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site: Education pages: essential for A2 Coastal studies
• United States Geological Survey (USGS): US Gov site: US equivalent of the British Geological Survey
• Virtual Courseware Home: Earth and environmental sciences

Remote Sensing

• Satellite Image Gallery
• Sat Image - tornado damage: Oklahoma City, 8th May 2003

Weather

• About Weather: As it says!
• Boscastle Flood, 2004: Images of the floods and damage caused
• Metcheck - UK Weather Forecasts
• Met Office: The Meteorological Office's weather and climate site
• Meteorology Guide
• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): US Gov site: climate, oceans, weather, coasts, remote sensing data
• Icelandic Meteorological Office
• UK Weather

Human Geography

• BBC Country Profiles: Really comprehensive guide to countries
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN: Useful LEDC info
• Neighbourhood Statistics: Essential population data source
• Population Pyramids - PRB
• The Countryside Agency
• UpMyStreet: Real-life guide to your neighbourhood
• Tourism: The Living Planet
• Visit Britain: Tourism; Research and Statistics
• World Bank Group
• World Bank Population Data: World population data at a glance