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General World WWW Geography Resources


Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

CIA's World Fact Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Yes, this is a site published by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. Includes extensive country profiles and reference maps.

The Earthquake Hazards Program
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Offers frequently asked questions about earthquakes, research on earthquakes, & more. Visitors can follow recent seismic activity around the world, view hazard maps, or learn what a geophysicist does. (USGS)

Flags and Maps of the World
http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/

Map Machine - National Geographic
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Map Machine - National Geographic - Flags and Facts
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/facts_fs.html

Profiles of 191 independent nations, plus U.S. states and Canadian provinces. In each entry you'll find key geographic, demographic, and economic data as well as a brief overview.

MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/

Printable country and/or state/province maps. "Quick Facts" on population, economy, languages, currency, etc. Also get driving directions to any location in North America.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

A collection of current and historical online maps of the world, continents and countries.

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/

2003 World Population Data Sheet
The 2003 World Population Data Sheet contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for all geographic entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the United Nations.See also Resource Guide for the World Population Data Sheet.

Educators section
Tools for teaching about population issues, trends and their implications.

United Nations Cartographic Section - Maps and geographic information resources
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

More than 100 general maps are currently available in PDF format for best display and print results. Also contains a list of countries, capital city, country code and country name of each member and non-member State in PDF format.

World Atlas.com THE LIST : featuring useful information on cities, continents, countries, dependencies, islands, landmass, longest rivers, major lakes, mountains, nations of the world, oceans and seas, overseas territories, two-letter abbreviations etc.
http://www.graphicmaps.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm

Your Nation
http://www.your-nation.com/

Compare statistics for any two countries, rank countries by a statistic of your choice, or display a summary of a country.