Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Egypt)
Major portal site that links to a number of other websites on all the Arab countries.
Up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious
aspects of a particular country. Click on the name of the country for information
in English and Arabic.
Animal
Info-Egypt (http://www.animalinfo.org/country/egypt.htm)
Gives
statistics about the geography of Egypt and about Egypt’s
threatened species
Bird Links to the World: Egypt (http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp?page=l_afr_eg)
Birding in Egypt provided by BirdLife International.
Country
Profile-Egypt (http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/bio_cou_818.pdf)
Biodiversity
and Protected Areas in Egypt
Development Gateway (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“
The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build
partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” The
Development Gateway is an independent not-for-profit organization
initially developed in the World Bank. Search by development
projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Environment and
the Aswan Dam (http://www.bookrags.com/Aswan_Dam)
A look into the impact that the Aswan Dam has had on the environment,
includes: soil salinization, nutrient load depletion, and an increase
of unwanted fauna
Egypt
Fun Guide (http://www.seaworld.org/fun%2Dzone/fun%2Dguides/egypt/index.htm)
A simple introduction to hieroglyphics, mummies, the pyramids,
the Nile River.
Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (http://www.egsma.gov.eg/)
Guide to the activites of the Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority
(EMRA). In English and Arabic.
Fares.net English: (http://www.fares.net/en/) Arabic:
(http://www.fares.net/ar/)
Directory of websites on a wide range of subjects including tourism,
entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English
and Arabic. Search under the name of the country.
Global gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place.
Results give longitude, latitude, and altitude of each location.
Green
Egypt (http://www.eco-web.com/index/country/eg.html)
Contact list of companies that deal with recycling, composting,
clean production, and energy
International Center for
Biosaline Agriculture (CBA) (http://www.biosaline.org/ )
This website discusses methods by which saline water can be made
more useful in agricultural areas.
International Weather
From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering
international weather information by city.
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan
Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as
well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or
in hard copy.
Princeton
University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library’s site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides
not only invaluable information about Princeton’s programs
and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries,
universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways,
newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of
the discipline.
Protected
Areas (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/parks.htm)
Site mentions all of the National Parks found in Egypt, links lead
to extremely specific information about each park including, location,
management, and the object of conservation
UT library
online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castañeda Library
Map collection here offers
a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many
countries.
United Nations
Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.
United States Central Command (http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/default.aspx)
Site of Central Command (CENTCOM), a Unified Combatant Command
composed of forces from two or more services. It has a broad
and continuing mission, and is normally organized on a geographical
basis into regions known as "Areas Of Responsibility" (AORs).
USCENTCOM’s AOR stretches from the Horn of Africa to Central
Asia.
United States. Library of Congress Country
Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/egtoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress
under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored
by the Department of the Army.
United States. Library
of Congress. Geography and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
University of Texas Middle
East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education
and the social sciences in the Middle East.
Wild Egypt - an Online Safari (http://www.wildegypt.com/)
It gives information about the wild life in Egypt.
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