Geography
Geography Literacy
Essay on Why We Need to Improve Geographic Literacy One of the top blogs out there focusing on geography as a discipline is Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze. Patrick Abbott,who runs that blog, has an essay on KansasCity.com in their “As I see it” section entitled “Why we need to improve geographic literacy“. In the essay, [...]
Free Outline Maps
Free outline maps to print and use. Use outline maps as an educational tool for teachers, students, and parents. Each map is in PDF format and is fitted to an 8 1/2″ x 11″ (letter sized) sheet of paper. Print out base maps to learn geography, take a geography test, or create educational projects. Maps [...]
Geography Extremes
Physical Geography Extremes What is the highest point on earth? The highest point on earth is Mount Everest, Nepal - Tibet, China with a recorded height of 8,848 m (29,029 ft) (measured as height above sea level). What is the lowest point on earth? The lowest measured point on earth is theDead Sea shore, Israel/Jordan. What is the hottest place on earth? [...]
New Baby Island in the Zubair Islands
The Zubair Islands are located in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on top of a shield volcano. Shield volcanos are created from fluid basalt lava flows, have broad, smooth slopes, and resemble a warrior’s shield, hence the name. The island chain, until the new eruption, contained ten islands and submerged shoals in a shallow [...]
How Archaeologists and Geomorphologists Can Work Together to Understand the Quaternary
Interdisciplinary collaboration is widely talked about but in reality it is not really implemented on a large scale. This is especially true in the realm of environmental compliance that geographers, geologists, and archaeologists often find themselves working in. Even in the world of academia, few professors take advantage of the human knowledge outside of their [...]