The Tennessee River Gorge outside Chattanooga is recognized as a protected biosphere reserve by the United Nations due to its immense proportion of species to acres. Understanding the formation of the gorge helps explain why so many...

Find a variety of facts about the geography of Virginia: geographic center, total area, elevations, and much more.

Informative site offering detailed information about the Rocky Mountains. Learn about the conglomeration of ranges and the fascinating peaks. The site has links to various peaks and view photographs of these beautiful mountains.

The Great Smoky Mountain National Park of North Carolina and Tennessee includes 16 mountains over 6,000 feet (about 2,000 m) high, making this generally the highest region in North America east of the Mississippi River. Gatlinburg is a...

Facts and resources for kids regarding the Cave of the Winds.

See if you can figure out what formed eight different spectacular geologic formations. Pictures are provided along with hints.

Offers geographic facts about Nepal, including descriptions of terrain, land use, and natural hazards. Nepal contains eight of the world's ten highest peaks.

This site from Mountains Magnificent for learning about the culture, trails, and atmosphere of the Himalaya Mountains.

The education department of Prince Edward Island has a great page with information pertaining to landforms. Starting with a definition, it then moves to the specific types like valleys, mountains, plateaus, etc.

Excellent series of maps from University of Texas at Austin - Provides political and shaded relief maps of France and a multitude of historical maps and maps of overseas territories overseas. Also includes maps of several large cities.

This ebook version of Robert William Chambers's Mountain-Land has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

Read a great description of the topography of Cambodia which takes you from the heights of the mountains to the Gulf of Thailand. From the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress.

Document describes the two types of glaciers and how they are formed. Learn how plate tectonics and glacial formation are related.

This ebook version of William Henry Giles Kingston's Among The Red-Skins; Or, Over The Rocky Mountains has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...

This ebook version of Edward A. Rand's All Aboard For The Lakes And Mountains has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This ebook version of Robert Michael Ballantyne's The Wild Man Of The West: A Tale Of The Rocky Mountains has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may...

Detailed and thorough information about the Himalaya Mountains. Learn all about this mighty mountain chain and its diverse environment.

Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.

What can a hard-boiled egg tell you about the Earth? Check this site out to learn. Be sure to click on "Plate Tectonics activity" for a graphic representation.

Material to begin an exploration of plate tectonics and mountain formation. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on metamorphic rocks and mountain building, and ideas for teaching this...

A suite of lessons focusing on finding the fossil evidence for lithospheric plate tectonics. Inquiry-based exploration of plate tectonics evidence includes fossil distribution, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

Students construct a three-dimensional model of a water catchment basin using everyday objects to create hills, mountains, valleys and water sources. They experiment to see where rain travels and collects, and survey water pathways to...

Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.

See beautiful photographs of Canadian mountains while introducing yourself to the formation, vegetation, animal life, and other geological features.