LINKS TO MAP SITES 
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Click below to see go to the rainforest maps websites:
• AMAZON RIVER—PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF TIDAL AND FLUVIAL SEDIMENTOLOGY (DEC '04)
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~aarcher/amazon.htm
Student website with detailed maps of lower Amazon tidal flux.
• BRAZILIAN AMAZON DATA (DEC '04)
http://students.washington.edu/gnegreir/amdata.htm
Student site with monthly precipitation maps from 1972 to 1992.
Maps of the state of mining licensing processes for six Brazilian
Amazon states.
• EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM - AMAZON PROJECT (DEC '04)
http://boto.ocean.washington.edu/eos/dis.html
University of Washington database library of information used
in modeling research related to the Amazon basin. Includes maps
on annual hydrological balance, general landform and biophysical
data, soil chemistry and river chemistry.
• GREATEST PLACES AMAZON MAP (DEC '04)
http://www.greatestplaces.org/images/maps/brazilma.htm
Hand-drawn map of the Brazilian Amazon from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
• CHARTER OF THE UNKNOWN (DEC '04)
http://www.korubo.com/AMAZONDOC/map.htm
From Korubo.com: the Javari area and limits of indigenous lands demarcated
in 2000. Brazilian rain forest region and protected indigenous areas.
• MAPS.COM (DEC '04)
http://www.maps.com/store/Map_Store___Travel_Maps___Country_and_Regional_Maps___A___CITM_AMAZON
Paper and digital maps of the Amazon rainforest and Amazon countries for purchase.
• TRFIC MAP PRODUCTS LIBRARY (DEC '04)
http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic/products/amazon_products/amazonmaps.html
Michigan State University —Tropical Rain Forest Information Center provides
Amazon and regional Brazilian maps showing a variety of environmental
variables (PDF downloads.)
• SOUTH AMERICAN MAPS (DEC '04)
http://store.pastpresent.com/soutammap.html
PastPresent.com—commercial site specializing in antique maps, including Amazon
and South America. If you don't want to buy, it's still worth
a visit to look at old maps, and to learn about the history of South America.
• RAINFOREST WEB (DEC '04)
http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Maps
Links to a variety of map-related rainforest web sites.
• RAIN-TREE: HELP WITH SCHOOL REPORTS (DEC '04)
http://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm
Lots of rainforest resources including maps and links to map-related websites.
• VIRTUAL AMAZON (DEC '04)
http://systemafter.rice.edu/Amazon/maps.htm
University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning provides maps of South America, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, etc.
• WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE (DEC '04)
http://forests.wri.org/
Variety of maps related to biodiversity and global-scale forest trends.
More Amazon-related map links will be added shortly.
GENERAL MAPPING RESOURCE WEBSITES
• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — MAP MACHINE (DEC '04)
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
Interactive features allow you to explore the world with the click of a
mouse. (Search for "Amazon rainforest").
• CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (DEC '04)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Government organization shares general information about countries,
including detailed maps from all the world's countries.
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