Geography

Oregon Geography

Web Cams around Oregon

  1. TripCheck (ODOT)- list of webcams

  2. Oregon Ski Areas

    Some great views can be seen from the various cams at Oregon Ski areas.

     

  3. US Forest Service:  Columbia Gorge

 

Oregon Field Guide shows:

  1. Barge Captains on the Columbia River (shows cargo and river paths from Idaho to Vancouver)
  2. Mt. Hood- Climbing Oregon’s Tallest Peak (OPB Field Guide, available after Nov. 16th)
  3. NE Oregon: Hells Canyon with Grants Getaways
  4. Oregon Locks:  Oregon City’s Hidden Falls (OPB Field Guide)
  5. Owyhee and Steens (Oregon Field Guide)
  6. Oregon’s Wheat Fields in Eastern Oregon (OPB Field Guide)
  7. Drone footage of Clear Lake, Oregon- by McKenzie Drone Photography
  8. Drone Footage from Blue River to Finn Rock along the McKenzie River- by McKenzie Drone Photography
  9. Wolf Rock drone footage
  10. Crater Lake– the Travel Channel
  11. Grant’s Getaways:  Wallawa State Park
  12. Grant’s Getaways: The Blue Pool
  13. Grant’s Getaways: Thunder egg hunting near Madras
  14. Alford Desert– SE Oregon from a drone
  15. Astoria area
    1. Grant’s Getaways: The Most Dangerous River Bar: the mouth of the Columbia River
  16. Southern Oregon:Measuring Douglass Fir trees in search of a champion tree (OPB)

 

 

Geography in General

  1. What is a river?  What is the coast? (BBC)
  2. What is weather?  BBC
  3. WORLD MAP- click on each continent & ocean to learn the names
  4. DRAG & DROP names on to the correct locations-
  5. WORLD MAP #2—SELF TEST- Find the correct location!
  6. World MAP #3- “Drag & Drop” locations- even more challenging
  7. World Map #4– super challenge- write first 3 letters of each name!
  8. GeoGame– drag & drop onto a GLOBE
  9. US State Abbreviations- drag & drop  (example: Oregon = OR)
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