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Useful Websites

3rd Form

http://155.187.10.12/flags/nation-flags.html (flags of most of the World's countries)

GCSE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/gcsebitesize/geography/index.shtml (Revision material)
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=20 (Revision material)

Higher, AS, A2

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=6 (useful Revision material)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents
http://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/higher.html (specific info and links for Higher Students)

Photos and Satellite Images

http://www.regolith.com/ (good for landscape pictures)
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/main/images.html (fantastic satellite images)
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/GEO_HOME_PAGE.html (satellite images of specific landforms)
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents (images showing environmental change)

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/ (earthquakes)
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html (volcanoes)
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Glaciers

http://www.glacier.rice.edu/

Weather

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotweather.html (Scottish weather stuff)
http://www.meto.govt.uk/ (UK weather stuff)
http://www.noaa.gov/ (US weather stuff)

Statistics

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html (general info and stats on Scotland)
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (World facts and figures)
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/ (General Register Office for Scotland - population stats. and census info.)
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

General Interest

http://www.discovery.com/guides/earth/earth.html (answers to questions such as "Why is snow white?")
http://search.britannica.com/search?miid=1159355&query=geography
http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/html/1educate.html (maps and satellite images from the US Geological Survey)
http://www.earth.nasa.gov/ (NASA's website)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.internetgeographer.co.uk/ (loads of geographical links)

University Geography Depts in UK

http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/dept.html