Selected Geography Websites
Professional Geography Organizations and Scholarly Societies
- American Geographical Society
- Association of American Geographers
- Association of Geographical Societies in Europe (EUGEO)
- Illinois Geographical Society
- Institute of Mathematical Geography
- National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)
- National Geographic Society
- Federal Geographic Data Committe
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
United States Governmental Sites
- Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
- National Wetlands Inventory
- Information on the characteristics, extent, and status of the Nation’s wetlands and deep-water habitats.
- Environmental Conservation Online System
International Agencies
- United Nations Environment Programme
- Offers information about environmental governance, disasters & conflicts and more specific topics like gender and the environment or indigenous knowledge. Also check out their Global Resource Information Database for environmental data sets.
- Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
- UN-Habitat Urban Data
Miscellaneous
- 50 States.com
- Provides links to sources of information about individual states of the United States, recreation, demographic statistics, travel information, and information on such things as newspapers and colleges. The home site provides answers to questions about the state flag, flower, tree, song, etc. There are also links to maps of the states.