POPULATION

US Census Bureau: Population Pyramids

Great site for looking up population data and producing population pyramids

GLACIAL SYSTEMS

Periglaciation info: The Geography Pages:

Some good information about periglacial processes

Periglaciation notes:

General notes on periglaciation

The Cairngorms (Geography Pages link):

Information about the cairngorms and periglacial processes

National Snow and Ice Data Centre (All about glaciers):

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National Snow and Ice Data Centre:

Some great information and pictures about glaciers

BBC article on Arctic stone circles:

Trans-Alaskan Pipeline:

TECTONICS

BBC Earth. The Power of the planet series (Video clips from web site):

Geology Rocks!

US Geological Survey: Earthquakes:

US Geological Survey (USGS). Information about earthquakes

National Geographic: Earthquake info page:

Some great information from the national Geographic on earthquakes

Geo Topics, Internet Geography: Earthquakes:

California State Government. Earthquake Protection:

A good site about how California copes with the earthquake hazard

THE ENVIRONMENT

BBC News article on deforestation in the Tropical Rainforests:

Article from January 2008

The Environment Agency:

This is a useful site, it provides a lot of information on the environment in different regions around the country. It is especially detailed on flooding issues (flood maps available)

Flooding link

GENERAL

CIA World Factbook:

This is a great web site that provides information about countries. You will find up to date facts as well as information on the human and physical Geography of the country. Superb !

National Geographic:

Great web site for up to date geographical news and a great source of information. Some great photos as well !

The United Nations:

A very useful web site. Contains up to date information on both environmental and development issues.

Economic and social development section of the UN site

BBC Bitesize Geography:

This is a useful site for GCSE revision, but has useful resources for all years.

MAPING WEBSITES

Multimap:

This is a good site for finding maps of the UK and Europe at various scales.

Streetmap:

Similar site to Multimap.

Google Maps:

Another good site for finding maps and satellite images

WEATHER AND CLIMATE

The Met Office:

This is a great site for finding the latest weather forecasts as well as satellite images. There is a great education section for students, with some very useful resources.