Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.
Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region (http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/greatlakes/)
This United National Environment Programme report offers a wealth of information about the land and climatic conditions affecting population growth and economic development of the region.
Global gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/RW/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude, latitude, and altitude of each location.
Great Lakes Region - Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region (http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/greatlakes/)
This document was produced by the United Nations Environment Programme as part of its Global Resource Information Database (GRID).
International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.
UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.
United Nations Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.
United States. Library of Congress. Geography
and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
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