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World Habitats

Hotlist created by Linda Koehler
for Gifted and Talented Students at
Dr. Joe Ward Elementary

The Everglades	North American Prairie	The Australian Outback	The African Savannah	The Andes Mountains	The Black Forest
The Grand Canyon	The Great Lakes	The Kalahari Desert	Mount Kilimanjaro	The Great Barrier Reef	Caves
The Redwood Forest	The Mediterranean	The Himalayas	Madagascar	Lake Baikal	The African Rift Valley
The Sonoran Desert	The Tibetan Plateau	The Antarctic Seas	The Channel Islands	The Russian Steppes	The Scottish Sea Lochs

 

The Everglades

http://www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/everglades/animals.html
http://www.nwf.org/everglades/
http://www.evergladesplan.org/education/learning.aspx

 

The North American Prairie

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/prairie.htm
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tempgrass/prairie.html
http://42explore.com/prairie.htm

The Australian Outback

http://teachingtreasures.com.au/student-projects/outback/main-outback.htm
http://www.amonline.net.au/wild_kids/arid_zone.cfm
http://www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org/general/mammals/m_spec.htm

The African Savannah

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/savanna.htm
http://home.intekom.com/ecotravel/Savannah.htm
http://au.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554527/Savannah_(grassland).html

The Andes Mountains

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/andes.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560223_1____3/andes.html#s3
http://www.letus.northwestern.edu/projects/esp/top10/andespage/andes.html

The Black Forest

http://www.about-germany.org/regions/blackforest.php
http://www.tompgalvin.com/places/de/baden_wuerttemberg/black_forest.htm
http://www.d230.org/vja/research/science/biology/biome/df2/ani.htm

The Grand Canyon

http://www.scenic.com/np1_gc_detailed_plants_animals.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/grandcanyon/wonder.html
http://www.moon.com/planner/grand_canyon/gc_overview.html

The Great Lakes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/greatlk.htm
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakes/default.asp?lang=En&n=5CAD4495-1

The Kalahari Desert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalahari_Desert
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555808/Kalahari_Desert.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007160/kalahari.htm

Mount Kilimanjaro

http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=139
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro
http://www.ewpnet.com/kilimanjaro.htm

The Great Barrier Reef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/greatbarrierreef/
http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/great-barrier-reef-info.htm

Caves

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/cave.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112123/
http://library.thinkquest.org/3893/

The Redwood Forest

http://www.laspilitas.com/comhabit/California_Redwood_Forest.html
http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/apr/rwanimals.html
http://www.ecology.info/redwood.htm

The Mediterranean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/mediterr.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0114/p01s03-woeu.html

The Himalayas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas
http://www.mrdowling.com/612-himalayas.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/

Madagascar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar
http://www.wildmadagascar.org/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107743.html

Lake Baikal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal
http://www.irkutsk.org/baikal/
http://www.baikal.eastsib.ru/baikalfacts/index.html

The African Rift Valley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rift_Valley
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/rift/rvwhatisriftvalley.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0821681.html

The Sonoran Desert

http://www.desertusa.com/du_sonoran.html
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/sonoran_desert.htm
http://www.desertmuseum.org/desert/sonora.php

The Tibetan Plateau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau
http://geology.about.com/od/structureslandforms/a/tibetanplat.htm
http://kekexili.typepad.com/

The Antarctic Seas

http://www.rosssea.info/
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-24719/Antarctica
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/antarctica%20environment/whats%20it%20like%20in%20Antarctica2.htm

The Channel Islands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/channel.htm
http://www.visitbritain.us/destinations/channel-islands/dg.aspx

The Russian Steppes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe
http://www.answers.com/topic/steppe?cat=travel
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-27437/Mongolia

The Scottish Sea Lochs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch
http://www.mcsuk.org/downloads/scotland/MCSMagwinter2004p18-19.pdf
http://www.heritage-of-scotland.com/geog.htm

 

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