Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Natural Regions of Alberta
Using a colorful interactive map of Alberta, you can learn about the geographic regions of the province. Facts and photos of each region are included.
Other
Alaska Vacation and Travel Information: Explore Alaska's Regions
This portal site provides information, maps, photographs and tourist information for each of Alaska's primary geographic regions, such as the Inside Passage where Glacier Bay is located.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio's Five Physiographic Regions
Gives characteristics and history of Ohio's different regions. Map included. Very detailed descriptions of rivers and nature perserves in the State.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Evolution: Natural Selection
The concept of interdependence in an ecosystem and its effect on the evolution of populations is further explored through a model of a dam. Students build a dam in the middle of the field, dividing the ecosystem in half to illustrate the...
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Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism: Arkansas Virtual Regional Map
Take a virtual tour of Arkansas by clicking on each of its major regions .. the Ozarks, River Valley, Central, Delta, Timberlands, and the Ouachitas region. Terrific photos, video clips, maps, and descriptive information is included for...
PBS
Pbs Bhutan & the Himalayas: A Wealth of Life
PBS provides a general overview of the geography of Bhutan and the Himalayas, highlighting Bhutan's natural regions as largely unexplored. Includes linked pages to the various climatic zones of the Himalayan region.
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Mr. Palm: Regions of Texas
The four major geographic regions of Texas are described in text and a slideshow, with a discussion of their landforms, climate, vegetation, animals, and resources.
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Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Regions
This map of Arkansas highlights its 6 main regions.Click and learn about each region in greater detail.
Keene College
Geo Granite: Local Area What Is a Region?
This lesson helps students understand how the natural physical characteristics of river valleys create regions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Labeling Virginia's Geographic Regions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a labeling activity for Virginia's geographic regions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Regions of Georgia
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the characteristics of the different geographical regions of Georgia. It includes a puzzle map and assessment questions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Georgia Regions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart includes a map and web links about the geographical areas of Georgia. A KWL chart, sample pictures of each region and note taking pages are included.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life
Beginning with a discussion on how people adapt to or relocate to environments, this lesson encourages students to explore why the Colonists settled in specific regions. In groups, students examine primary documents, analyzing Colonists'...
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Japan Atlas
Learn about Japan's historic sites, natural beauty, culture and contemporary society. Search by topic or by region in Japan. You can watch slide shows about major Japanese cities or take virtual tours of historic sites like the Shurijo...
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Antilocapra Americana Sonoriensis
This site provides a detailed overview of the Sonoran pronghorn. Content includes information on this animal's geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history, economic importance for humans, and current conservation efforts.
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Geography and Geology
An overview of the geography and geology covering the landscape of what is now the state of Arkansas.Both have had important influences on the history and cultural development of Arkansas.
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Congo Geography
This site offers a geographical overview of Congo. An interactive map allows to explore different regions of Congo. You may also take the quiz to test your knowledge on Congo.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Wyoming Ground Squirrel
Wyoming Ground Squirrels are found in three separate regions of the western United States at elevations above 1,500 meters. Their geographic centers are in southwestern Montana, central and southwestern Wyoming, and southwestern Idaho,...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Yellow Nosed Cotton Rat
Voles and cotton rats usually live in different geographic regions, but both groups of small rodents eat grass and make runways. Yellow-nosed Cotton Rats are especially vole-like because they are small and live in grassy patches of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Jones's Pocket Gopher
Many rodents that are adapted to arid conditions--pocket mice, harvest mice, grasshopper mice, deer mice, kangaroo rats, and ground squirrels--occur in the same regions as Jones's Pocket Gopher in western Texas and eastern New Mexico,...
NSTATE
Netstate.com: The Geography of Arkansas
Quick facts about the geography of Arkansas including land area, highest and lowest points, elevations, lakes, rivers, regions, and climate.
University of Alberta
University of Alberta Press: Physical Geography of Alberta
Here, the physical geography of Alberta is succinctly discussed via text and maps.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: The Great Lakes: An Environmental History [Pdf]
The University of Michigan provides a PowerPoint presentation on the environmental history of the Great Lakes. Provides aerial shots of the Great Lakes from a satellite, various geographical maps over the Great Lake Region, and pictures...
Quia
Quia: Musi Quia Instruments
Test your knowledge with this online quiz on the major geographic regions of Virginia. Quiz includes 16 questions. Users must enable JavaScript.