General Geography
Geography World	Geography World has been created by a geography teacher in the USA. His site includes a directory of useful websites for geography teachers. Categories include Ecosystems, Tectonics, Natural Resources, Earth's Surface/Erosion, Weather/Climate, Maps & Globes, Cultures, Population, Conservation/Environmental Issues and Geography Games.
General Geography for School Site	Plenty of information on all areas of school Geography.
The Royal Geographical Society	The Royal Geographical Society was founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical science The site covers the application and presence of geography in all areas of life.

World Facts and Statistics
CIA Fact Book	Choose a country from a menu of 262 countries and the CIA will give you several pages of detailed information. Sections include: Geography; People; Government; Economy; Transportation; Communications and Defence.
Infoplease: World Statistics	Infoplease World Statistics enables students to compare data from different countries. The website provide information on population, unemployment, marriage, divorce, abortion, infant mortality, life expectancy, birth-rate, ownership of household appliances, GDP, exchange-rates and contraceptive use. Also sections on Worldwide Armed Conflicts and Counties with Nuclear Weapons Capability.

Maps
National Geographic Map Machine	A very good map site. The map is displayed with national flag and other factual information such as: population, capital, main religions, languages, literacy rate and life expectancy. There are also sections on the country's history and economy. The Web Machine also has collections of 'Political' and 'Physical' maps and satellite photographs.
World Atlas	An easy to use Atlas that can be accessed by region or country.
Ordnance Survey	The Ordnance Survey website provides a great geography resource for anything from local studies to contrasting localities and map-reading.
Street Maps of the UK
Map Skills	An excellent introduction to map-reading or orienteering, and a valuable resource for the geography student.

Plate Tectonics
Global Earthquake Response Centre	The Global Earthquake Response Centre provides news on the latest earthquakes.
The Volcanic Home Page	This website is funded by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency and the National Science Foundation. Regular features include sections on 'Current Eruptions', and 'The Volcanic Photo Gallery'. 'Volcanic Animations' includes five videos and two computer animation.
Volcanoes	Useful information on the impact of volcanic eruptions.

Rivers
World's Five Longest Rivers	An impressive website that provides detailed information on the world's five longest rivers: Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Ganges and the Zaire. The eco-system of each river is briefly described. This is followed by an analysis of the dangers threatening these eco-systems.
Dams	This National Geographic site explains the changes caused by the building of a dam.
Rivers and Dams	The site provides details of dams, river planning strategies and the environmental impacts of dam schemes.

Development Issues
Hunger Web	A website sponsored by the World Hunger Program and produced by Brown University.
Christian Aid
Oxfam	The site contains detailed policy papers, information about Oxfam's work around the world.
Oxfam - Education	Oxfam's website for teachers and kids.
New Internationalist	One World On-Line
Brazil	Lonely Planet Guide to Brazil
Brazil	Brazil - Physical Geography
Kenya	Includes information on landscape, climate, physical geography, people, business, environment and government.
South Africa	Based on the BBC series on the country.
Japan	Geography of Japan (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Energy
Alternative Energy Resources	Information about solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass energy.

Ecosystems
Virtual Wildlife	Virtual Wildlife has been produced by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Sections include Polar Regions, Coniferous Forests, Temperate Forests, Grasslands, Tropical Forests, Mountains, Oceanic Islands, Freshwater Wetlands and Oceans.
Rainforests	Everything you could want to know about rainforests is here.

Climate
Weather in the UK	This site allows you to choose the UK region or even town you want to see the weather for.
El Niño	The facts behind what El Niño and his 'sister' La Niña actually are, using clear maps and diagrams and scientific references.
Climate Change	If you want to know more about global warming and the ozone layer problem this is the site.

Environmental Issues
Greenpeace	The website provides the latest information on the pollution and abuse of the earth's ocean, land, air and fresh water. There is a very useful archive section that contains articles, photographs and sound recordings on global environmental issues.
Friends of the Earth	All sorts of information on environmental issues.
Geographical Eye	Channel 4 provides free online resources that link with their Schools programmes, including Geographical Eye, a series of programmes that focuses on environmental disasters around the world. The first five are: Earthquakes (San Francisco, Kobe, Maharashta); Landslides and Avalanches (Aberfan, Bolivia, French Alps); Drought and Desertification (Oklahoma, Lake Chad, Spain); Oil Spills (Torrey Canyon, Braer, Siberia) and Toxic Clouds (Chernobyl, Bhopal, and Seveso).
Acid Rain
Aral Sea	Destruction of the Aral Sea
Oil Pollution	The Sea Empress Oil Spill
Exxon Valdez Oil Disaster	Exhaustive detail on this environmental disaster in Alaska which occurred back in 1989.

Revision
BBC Bitesize	GCSE Geography Revision.