Geography is the study of earth and its features.
This category lists sites that provide information or educational activities related to geography for children and teenagers.
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- The Greatest Places Explore seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on Earth. Learn about the Imax film, add your own favorite place, get a Greatest Places image, or check out the question of the week.
- CIA - The World Factbook Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
- Geographia Provides information about the people, history, culture, natural terrain, and tourist attractions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
- World Monuments Map Puzzle Interactive puzzle for locations and significance of the cultural monuments of the world. Also printable map of continents. Requires Windows 95, 98 or 3.1.
- City Population Statistics and maps about the major population clusters of the world. Also information about the capitals and principal cities of many countries. In English and German.
- Lesson Tutor Features a selection of interactive puzzles on the states, countries, 13 colonies, capitals, and sign language finger spelling.
- Great Circle Calculator Features calculating direct line distances between any two points on the earth's globe.
- Countries of the World Cultural and geographical information about countries of the world through interactive maps.
- Where is That Maps and games for naming countries, states, and capitals. Also two player version.
- GeoNet Kid's Place Explore the geography of the United States in this interactive game created for students.
- World Trivia Web Quizzes Learn fascinating facts about world countries. Each quiz selects 10 world trivia facts at random from a total set of 480.
- Atlantic Ocean Provides facts about the second largest ocean including background, geography, economic significance, transportation.
- Climate Zone Climate information for cities and countries all over the world
- Countries Quest Features articles about different countries organized by continent. Offers information on natural resources, people, arts, economy, government, and history.
- National Geographic - GeoBee Challenge Online game changes every day with ten new geography questions.
- Sheppard Software - Geography Games Offers games which test geography of the world. Country names are spoken and brief descriptions are provided.
- Drive Around the World Learn about this ambitious project to travel around the globe in order to raise money for Parkinson's disease research. Includes interactive map, daily journals, photos, and geographical facts.
- World in the Balance Based on the NOVA educational TV program. Articles cover topics such as human consumption, sustainable population rate, and the impact of the average age within a country. Page includes people counter, photos, quizzes, and maps.
- BBC Landscapes of Scotland Develop map skills while exploring the highlands, central lowlands and islands of Scotland.
- BBC Barnaby Bear Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? Games, stories, photographs and a scrapbook.
- Photo Diaries and Sketches View photos taken from around the world during Robert Bremec's travels. Includes slideshow feature.
- About.com: Geography Includes atlas, countries, maps, quizzes, and facts. Also answers to FAQs.
- Geo Game Offers adventures from around the globe.
- Country Scorecard Choose a country and find statistics about its population, area, economy, health, and education. Includes images of flags.
- Enchanted Learning - Geography Collection of geography pages, printouts and activities for students.
- BBC Schools - Geography (4-11) List of geography websites for 4-11 year old students, including games and activities and resources for teaches and parents.
- BBC Schools - Geography (11-16) List of geography websites for 11-16 year old students, including games and activities and resources for teaches and parents.
- Library of Congress - Country Studies Find in-depth information about everything from geography to weather, from government to religion, for more than 100 countries. Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
- Mr. S's Humanities Club Includes information about mountains, rivers, weather, Greece, links and software reviews.
- Great Circle Mapper Displays maps and computes distances along a geodesic path. Includes a searchable database of airports and other locations.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
- Test your Geography Knowledge Contains quizzes on maps of continents, countries, and states.
- Euratlas: Physical atlas Interactive map of Europe locating mountains, rivers, countries, and towns. Includes a map with links to photographs of the featured locations.