Geography Basics
The most important elements of geography and geographic information are all here!

About Geography: Career & School
If you're interested in or already studying geography in school, looking into geography as a career, or just want to more know about the mother of all sciences, this is the place.

Blank & Outline Maps
Collections of blank and outline maps to print out for educational or personal use at home or in the classroom.

Cartography and Understanding Maps
Discover the history of cartography and making maps, how maps are made, and how to use them as well as make them yourself.

Census, Population & Demographics
Resources about every aspect of population, demographics, and censuses. This is the place to find population figures for cities, states, countries, and the world.

Cities, Urban Geography & Transportation
Urban and transportation geography examine the places we live, how we move ourselves and our goods, the structure of our cities, and the pattern of cities on the landscape.

Climate & Weather
Online climate and weather resources; discover your climate and learn all about average 30-year weather for regions around the world.

Clip Art
Get free geographical images, maps, and flags to use on web sites, in presentations, or just for fun.

Country Facts and Information
Everything you ever wanted to know about the countries of the world.

Cultural and Human Geography
This branch of geography deals with people and their environment - from cities to transportation to religion to food.

Disasters and Hazards
The study of hazards and disasters are a key component of geography - they represent human and environmental interaction at an extreme.

Finding Places
Looking for a place? Use these resources to find its latitude and longitude, area code, ZIP code, or place on a map.

Fun, Games, & Humor
Enjoy geography with a variety of jokes, anecdotes, online games, online quizzes, and even explore the strange and bizarre in geography.

Geographic Education & Teaching Geog.
Educational resources for teaching and learning geography.

GIS, GPS, and Technology in Geography
Information and resources about computerized mapping, computerized navigation, satellites, and other aspects of technology in geography.

Historic World Maps
The best online historic and old maps from around the world.

Homework & National Geographic Bee Help
The Internet's best resoures for help with student geography homework, country projects, and the National Geographic Bee.

Largest Cities
Lists and information about the largest cities in the United States and around the world.

Latitude and Longitude
Find the latitude and longitude of places around the world and learn more about this most popular coordinate system.

Maps
Street maps, world maps, country maps, state maps, historic maps, world maps, and all of the Internet's best resources for free online maps.

Photos and Images of the Earth
Satellite and aerial photos and images of the earth and even your home.

Physical Geography
Physical geography covers the planet, from climate to landforms to hazards and disasters to the distribution of plants and animals, and much more.

Rivers and Streams
Discover the majesty of the world's greatest rivers. Learn about the Amazon and Nile and other river systems of the world. Find out how rivers and streams impact the planet.

Street and Road Maps
The Internet's best free online street, highway, and road maps.

Time and Time Zones
Internet references for time, sunrise, sunset, and time zones. Find out the exact time in your city or around the world, learn about Daylight Saving Time, time zones, and much more.

Topographic Maps
Find free online topographic maps and discover everything you ever wanted to know about topographic maps and how to use them.

U.S. Maps
This is the place to find every type of free online map of the United States of America.

World Maps
This is THE place to find every type of online world map.

World Population and Demographic Data
Information about world population and additional demographic data for the countries of the world.

ZIP Codes
Find ZIP Codes for any location in the United States, find information about that ZIP Code, and find out the history and use of ZIP Codes.

Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography
All about Advanced Placement Human Geography and the College Board exam.

Agricultural Geography
Discover the world distribution of agricultural resources.

AIDS and HIV
Information about the geography of AIDS and HIV.

Airports and Air Travel
The geography of aviation, airports, and air travel is a fascinating subject since it involves the immediate movement of people around the globe.

Amazon River and Rain Forest
All about the Amazon River and rain forest in South America.

Area Codes and Phone Numbers
Everything you ever wanted to know about area codes - find area codes for places in the United States and around the world.

Aurora Borealis - The Northern Lights
Information about the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, and Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights.

Avalanches
Everything you ever wanted to know about avalanches. Discover their awesome power.

Balkans and Yugoslavia
The Internet's best resources about the Balkans and Yugoslavia.

Biogeography
Learn about biogeography, which is the distribution of plants and animals around the world. Discover a plethora of biogeographical resources online.

Bullet Trains and High-Speed Rail
High speed rail has changed transportation worldwide. Learn about bullet trains in Japan, Europe, and those coming to the United States.

Buildings and Architecture
Explore resources devoted to buildings (small ones as well as skyscrapers) and to the architecture of structures worldwide.

Buying Maps
Discover a variety of online maps stores which offer vast collections of printed maps for sale.

Calendars and Seasons
The calendar and seasons are representations of earth's interaction with the sun. Discover a great collection of links to help you learn about seasons and calendars around the world.

Careers in Geography
Discover great information about jobs, careers, and opportunities in geography in order to answer the age-old question, What are you going to do with a degree in geography?

Census 2000
Everything you ever wanted to know about the U.S. Census 2000.

Central Place Theory
Walter Christaller developed central place theory to describe the retail hierarchy of cities. Learn all about this theory and the nested hexagons that are such a famous part of the theory.

Christopher Columbus
The best resources about the navigator Christopher Columbus who discovered the North American West Indes in 1492.

Cities and Urban Geography
Discover the fascinating subject of urban geography and learn all about the cities of the world and their development, growth, and distribution.

Captain James Cook
Explore the explorations of Captain James Cook and his discoveries around the world.

Coordinates & Distances
Discover how we find places on the earth with coordinates and the distances between them.

Coriolis Effect
The truth behind the Coriolis effect and whether it affects toilet bowls and sinks.

Countries and Nations
Everything you ever wanted to know about the countries of the world, and more. Collections of resources that provide data and information about each country.

Crime and Law Enforcement
Mapping crime and crime statistics is a recent advancement in police technology. Learn more about this fascinating subject.

General Cultural and Human Geography
General cultural and human geography resources, including large resources and online textbooks.

Dams
Great resources about dams and hydropower.

Daylight Saving Time
Everything you ever wanted to know about Daylight Saving Time and why we spring forward and fall back.

Deserts, Arid Lands, and Desertification
Information and Internet resources about deserts, arid lands, and desertification.

Earth Day
Learn all about Earth Day, a day to celebrate the earth and our enviroment.

Earth-Sun Interaction & Solar Radiation
Resources and information about our sun as the power source for the earth and the earth's heat budget.

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
The theory of plate teconics explains much about the history of the earth and its seismic and earthquake activity.

Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses
Everything you ever wanted to know about eclipses.

El Nino and La Nina
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and La Nina refer to the water of the Southern Pacific Ocean but each have considerable effects on the global climate.

Entertainment and Sports Geography
Sites pertaining to the distribution of entertainment, sports, film, and other leisure activites around the world.

Esperanto
Information all about the international language of Esperanto. Learn about the language and even how to speak and read it.

Exploration and Historical Geography
Explorers and their maps have helped us to understand the world.

Explorations and Expeditions
The best links to historic exploration, adventure, and expedition sites.

Finding Places
Resources to help you locate places around the world.

Fires
Maps and news about the latest fires along with fire information and fire disaster preparedness resources.

Flags of the World & Vexillology
Flags of the world and information about flags of different countries and states.

Floods and Severe Storms
Severe storms and flooding are major natural disasters. Learn about these disasters, find out where they're taking place now, and what you can do to prepare.

Food and Famine
Geography of food and famine resources.

Fun and Humor
Everything funny and humorous in geography.

Games
The Internet is home to a wide variety of fun and educational geography games. This collection will keep you playing for hours.

Genealogy & Names
Geographical geneological information can help you trace your family tree.

Geographic Names & Toponyms
The history and use of geographic names or toponyms is a fascinating subject.

Geographic Organizations
There are many great geographical organizations around the world for people interested in being involved in geography.

Geography and Earth News
The best sources for geographical news and news about the planet.

Geography of the Internet
The Internet exists without geography, or does it? Learn all about the geography of the Internet and how geography does play a role.

Geologic Time
Discover resources about the age of the earth and geologic time - learn about periods, eras, and find out how to memorize the geologic calendar.

GIS - Geographic Information Systems
GIS or Geographic Information Systems are computerized systems to store, record, analyze, and produce maps and geographic products based on spatial data.

Glaciers and Ice
Glaciers have had a major impact upon the landscape of the earth; discover best glacial and ice resources online.

Global Warming and Climate Change
Climate change and global warming have been topics in the news and on the minds of scientists for the past few decades. Learn all about the subjects and all sides of the issues.

Globes
Globes are the only accurately scaled maps of the world. Learn all about finding the right globe and collecting them, too.

Glossaries and Dictionaries
Geographic dictionaries and glossaries to help you determine the meaning of geographic, earth, and GIS related terms and acronym.

GPS - Global Positioning System
Information about GPS, Global Positioning System, the system of 24 satellites that orbit the earth to provide precise location information.

Great Lakes
Discover North America's Great Lakes - Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.

Hazards and Disaster
When disaster strikes, the Internet is there to provide resources and information. Discover the best sources for disaster and hazard information online.

Historic U.S. Maps
There are a plethora of fantastic historic maps of the United States online that show the development of the nation.

History of Geography
The history of geography as a discipline is a long and fascinating one. Learn about geography in ancient Greece, to Europe in the 1800s, to its development in America in the 20th century.

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
Resources for hurricane and storm safety and preparedness.

Ice Ages and the Pleistocene Epoch
Explore the history of the earth during the ice ages of the Pleistocene Epoch, which lasted from 1.65 million years ago to a mere 10,000 years ago. Learn all about ice ages and the glaciers and ice sheets that cover the earth during these cold periods of time.

Icebergs
Icebergs are a hazard to ships and require contant monitoring as the float in high-latitude regions. Discover a bounty of information relating to the development and tracking of icebergs.

Independence Movements & Secession
Independence and secession movements are common around the world. Discover more information from the official sites of many of these movements and find out about quasi-States.

International Conflict
A collection of resources to help you find out about global conflicts.

International Date Line
The International Date Line near 180 degrees longitude seperates the earth between two days. Discover more about this interesting imaginary line.

International Organizations
Find information from and about the world's major international organizations, such as the United Nations, European Union, NATO, and more.

Interstate Highways
The United States Interstate Highway system was the world's largest public works project at its time. Discover its history and its spread across the U.S.A.

Islands
There are hundreds of thousands of islands on earth and each has its own amazing ecosystem, flora, and fauna. Discover great resources about these fascinating geographic features.

Journals and Zines
Online geographical magazines, newsletters, and journals.

Landsat
The Landsat system of satellites provides imagery of the planet earth. Learn more about this series of workhorses of remote sensing.

Languages
The languages of the world show the vast geographic diversity of humankind. Learn about their distribution and find out who speaks what.

Lesson Plans and Educational Activities
Lesson plans and educational resources for geography in the classroom, the homeschool, or even to help you learn more geography on your own.

Levittown
Internet resources devoted to the Levitt company and their Levittowns in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.

Lewis and Clark
From 1803 to 1806 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery explored the Louisiana Purchase and the American West. Learn all about these explorer heroes of the United States.

Life Expectancy
Fantastic online resources to help you learn about international life expectancy as well as your own.

Lightning
Lightning and thunder are the result of an electrical discharge from thunderstorms. Learn all about this amazing phenomenon.

Ferdinand Magellan
Everything you ever wanted to know about the explorer who's crew first circled the globe, Ferdinand Magellan.

Magnetism, Geomagnetism, and Declination
The earth's magnitism and magnetic field is a powerful force. Learn about the earth's force and even how it flips.

Map Collecting
Map collecting is a fun and interesting hobby with worldwide popularity. Learn a bit about collecting maps and cartographic collectors.

Map Projections
All flat maps have to use a projection to display the spherical earth. Learn all about map projections and how they're used.

Map Scale
As a map represents a portion of the earth's surface, map scale is the relationship between distance on a map and the distance on the earth's surface.

Medical Geography
Medical geography examines the geographic distribution of disease and provision of health services. Learn more about this fascinating subdiscipline that's interconnected to the health and medical fields.

Mountains
Mountains occupy a significant portion of the earth's surface. Discover great resources about mountains and high altitude areas of the planet.

National Geographic Bee
The National Geographic Bee is the hottest geography competition around. Designed for 4th through 8th graders, students use their geographic knowledge to win fame and fortune in the world of geography.

Navigation and The Compass
Navigators have long used the compass and other navigational tools to get from place to place. Discover the art and science of navigation through this collection of resources.

Nile River
All about the Nile River, the world's longest river, in Africa.

Ocean Currents
Ocean currents are much like rivers within the oceans. They are the horizontal and vertical circulation of ocean waters and are produced by gravity and wind friction.

Oceanography
The ceans comprise about two thirds of the surface of the earth. Discover fascinating information about the oceans and their contents.

Ocean Waves
Wind causes waves in the ocean. Learn all about waves and their components, such as crest, trough, wavelength, and more.

Orienteering
Orienteering is a fun sport that involves navigating through an unknown area with a map. It's a great sport for those interested in geography and maps.

Palm PDA Geography Software
Geography and mapping Palm OS software for your Palm Pilot or Handspring Visor.

Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is one of the greatest engineering achievements the world has known. It dramatically shortened the distance between the east and west coasts of North America. Learn all about this famous canal.

Permafrost
Learn about the geography of permafrost and about the problems associated with perennially frozen ground.

Photos of Landscapes and Landmarks
Collections of beautiful and fascinating photographs of physical and cultural features on the earth. See photos of people, place, and features worldwide.

General Physical Geography
An interesting collection of general physical geography resources, including online physical geography texts.

Political Geography
Political geography examines the geographical factors involved in politics as well as the political factors involved in geography, such as the creation and development of countries. Explore this timely and fascinating topic.

Marco Polo
European explorer Marco Polo explored China and was one of the first to make contact between the West and the East. Discover more about his travels online.

Population Geography
Population geography examines the population growth and change of small and large area of the planet and investigates the demographic components of the population.

Ptolemy
Ptolemy (also known as Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Roman scholar who was a geographer, astronomer, and mathematician. He wrote a book about astronomy called The Almagest and created a gazetteer called The Geography.

Quizzes and Trivia
Have fun learning geography with a fantastic collection of geography trivia quizzes.

Refugees
There are 15-20 million refugees worldwide who have escaped persecution in their home country. Learn about refugees, their status in the world, and their geographic distribution.

Related About Sites
A collection of About sites related to geography.

Religion
Religion is a vital part of cultural geography. Learn all about religion around the world and about individual religions.

Relocation Resources
Moving? You'll need to learn some geographical facts before you go.

Satellites and Remote Sensing
Satellites circle the earth, providing remotely sensed data for geographers and other scientists to study. Learn all about satellites and remote sensing from these fantastic links.

Carl O. Sauer (1889-1975)
Carl Sauer led the field of cultural geography at the University of California Berkeley, where he taught for over thirty years. Sauer's influence in the field became known as the "Berkeley School" of geography.

Six Billion Humans - Y6B
Resources about the six billion people on earth and Y6B.

Soils
The soil of the lithosphere contains a plethora of items - learn all about soil with these resources to soil science surveys and soil science resources.

Studying Geography
Studying geography at college or a university can be a rewarding experience. Learn all about the study of geography at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Suez Canal
The Suez Canal in Egypt connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean. Discover all about this strategically important canal.

Tides
The moon's gravity causes the tides of our oceans; discover how and why tides work and find out when it's going to be high tide at a coastline near you!

Tornadoes
Tornadoes are the most violent localized weather events. Discover more about twisters and tornado safety from these excellent sites.

Tourism and Travel
Tourism is one of the world's largest industries and the geographic importance of tourism for cultural interaction can never be underestimated. Learn all about this fascinating subject through these great resources.

Transportation
Transportation geography investigates the transportation networks worldwide and the methods used to transport people and things. Discover all about this subject through these great links.

Tsunamis
Tsunamis (also known as seismic sea waves) are created by earthquakes, volcanoes, and other oceanic disturbances. Discover more about these amazing yet disasterous waves.

Urban Planning & The New Urbanism
Resources and information about urban and regional planning and the New Urbanism.

Urban Sprawl
Information about the issue on everyone's minds - urban sprawl.

U.S. Facts, Figures, and References
Information, facts, and data about the U.S. and 50 states.

U.S. Population, Census & Demographics
Internet resources for U.S. census, population, and demographic information and data.

Volcanoes
Volcanoes create new land around the world; discover their power and history through this great collection of resources.

Wacky Geography
The strange, bizarre, and fascinating in geography.

Water and Hydrology
The water of the earth is part of the hydrosphere and the hydrologic cycle. Discover more about this system that moves water around the planet.

Wetlands
Wetlands are vital to the health of our ecosystem and provide habitat for diverse flora and fauna.

Wind, Pressure, and Aeolian Processes
Pressure gradients cause the air to move as wind. Wind can provide energy and it's also an agent of erosion. Learn all about the formation of wind, how it works through pressure gradients, and all about its erosive powers.

World Facts, Figures, and References
Fascinating facts and data about our planet and its countries.