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Geography and Environment: Czech Republic

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Includes online maps, links to map collections, flags, climate, weather, natural resources. For information about maps and other geographical resources at the Library of Congress, consult its Geography and Map Reading Room site.



CNN.com Weather (http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp)
From "Find Weather Around the World", approximately half way down the page, select Europe, then Czech Republic, then click for a list of cities.

Czech Greenpeace (http://www.greenpeace.org/czech/)
News stories, information on the organization's programs, links to Greenpeace International sites, and links to other related information. Searchable. In Czech and some English.

Czech Republic Environmental Fund (http://www.sfzp.cz)
The Fund is an essential economic instrument for fulfilling the obligations arising from the international conventions on environmental protection and from the National Programme for Preparation of Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, and for implementing the National Environmental Policy. Links include an overview of the Fund, instructions and tips, the administration, component bodies, resolutions, accomplishments, and yearly reports. In Czech, some English.

Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Czech Republic (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/EZ/)
Links to maps, latitude and longitude, elevation, and population (estimate) for more than 24,000 towns and cities in the Czech Republic, as well as airports and aviation waypoints. From Falling Rain Genomics.

FEEFHS East European Map Room (http://feefhs.org/maps/indexmap.html)
Historic maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German Empire, and other countries, and a gazetteer of Hutterite place names. In English.

Flags of the World: Czech Republic (http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cz.html)
Information on, and images of, the national and regional flags, as well as links to military and historical flags. In English.

Map of the Czech Republic and Individual Towns (http://www.mapy.cz)
Search for streets, train stations, hotels, fire stations, banks, hospitals, airports, etc. by name or by category. In Czech.

Maps of Austria-Hungary, c. 1910 (http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/1910ind.htm)
From the Department of Cartography, Eötvös University, Budapest. In Hungarian and English.

National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Search on Czech Republic.

Obce.info (http://obce.info/?pl=obcecz)
Search an interactive map of the Czech Republic for contact information for officials in communities. In Czech.

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for Sustainable Development. Profile on the National Information - Czech Republic (http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/czech/)
Includes thematic profiles, partnerships, and status reports. In English.

University of Texas at Austin. Perry Castenada Library Map Collection: Czech Republic (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/czech_republic.html)
Country, historical, and thematic maps of the Czech Republic.

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