Monday, September 11, 2006
The Geography of Virginia class was one of the most informative and interesting Geography classes I have taken so far at George Mason. Any one interested in Virginia may search most of its contents so I have added the link to Virginia Places. The following links were websites that I used frequently in that class.
The USGS_GNIS is useful tool for searching for Geographic place names in the United States. For example, if you forgot the height of the highest point in Virginia, but you remembered it's name, Mount Rogers, you can look it up at this site. It will tell you where it is located as well as its height.
Virginia Watersheds is exactly what it says. It identifies the different watersheds in Virginia. This makes is easy to tell where that run off from your driveway winds up. For us the water winds up in the Atantic Ocean, but there is a section in the western part of the state where the water eventually ends up in the Gulf of Mexico.
The USGS_GNIS is useful tool for searching for Geographic place names in the United States. For example, if you forgot the height of the highest point in Virginia, but you remembered it's name, Mount Rogers, you can look it up at this site. It will tell you where it is located as well as its height.
Virginia Watersheds is exactly what it says. It identifies the different watersheds in Virginia. This makes is easy to tell where that run off from your driveway winds up. For us the water winds up in the Atantic Ocean, but there is a section in the western part of the state where the water eventually ends up in the Gulf of Mexico.
// posted by Elizabeth Hull @ 3:06 PM 
