Category: REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

CROSS RIVER PLAINS

Physical Setting The Cross River plains lie between the Udi hills to the west and highlands of the eastern borders of Nigeria. The Cross River and its tributaries dominate the drainage system of this...

NIGER BENUE TROUGH

Physical Features The Niger-Benue trough is a massive depression in the middle of the country, which is generally 300m below sea level. The trough derives its name from the two major rivers in the...

THE CHAD BASIN

Physical Features The Chad Basin in the north eastern extreme corner of Nigeria is basically a flat plain at an elevation of about 300m above sea level. Sand dunes are common in several places...

THE SOKOTO PLAIN

Physical Features The Sokoto plain in northwest Nigeria is essentially a dissected lowland, about 300metres above sea level. It is drained by two major rivers and their tributaries; these are the Sokoto and Rima...

EASTERN HIGHLANDS OF NIGERIA

Physical Setting The eastern highlands consist of chains of hills, plateaus and mountains along the eastern borderlands of Nigeria. Prominent among these relief features are Bamenda highlands, Biu plateau, Mambila plateau, Shebshi and Alantika...

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF NIGERIA

Nigeria can be classified into nine broad geographical regions, each having obvious and essentially similar physical settings, people and population, resources and economic activities, transportation and development issues and problems. These regions are shown...

PHYSICAL SETTING OF NIGERIA

The main physical features are the geology, relief and drainage systems. They are examined generally and on regional basis.   Geology The geology of Nigeria shows that the rocks found in the country range...

CLIMATE OF AFRICA

CLIMATE OF AFRICA

Factors Affecting the Climate of Africa Latitude: Latitude refers to the location of a place on the earth’s surface in relation to the equator. Tropical latitudes where the sun’s altitude is always high have...

VEGETATION OF AFRICA

VEGETATION OF AFRICA

Factors Affecting Vegetation The factors affecting the vegetation of Africa include: Climatic factors. Geomorphic factors. Edaphic factors. Biotic factors.   Climatic Factors High temperature with low rainfall leads to sparse vegetation. The higher the...

DRAINAGE OF NIGERIA

DRAINAGE OF NIGERIA

Drainage refers to water bodies like rivers and lakes. Drainage of Nigeria is discussed in two parts – rivers and lakes. RIVERS IN NIGERIA: Nigeria is drained by two main rivers – Rivers Niger...

RELIEF OF NIGERIA

RELIEF OF NIGERIA

Relief refers to the surface features of the land above the sea level. Relief of Nigeria can be grouped into two main classes which are lowlands and highlands. Lowlands: Lowlands refer to the areas...

CLIMATE OF NIGERIA

CLIMATE OF NIGERIA

Climate is the average weather condition of the atmosphere over a very long period of time. The elements of climate – rainfall, temperature, wind, relative humidity, pressure, cloud cover and sunshine. Temperature: Temperature is...

MINERAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIA

MINERAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIA

Minerals present and mined in Nigeria include: Petroleum and Crude oil Petroleum is a sedimentary rock mineral found in Port Harcourt (Rivers State), Warri and Ughelli (both in Delta State), Akwa-Ibom and Imo-State. The...

VEGETATION OF NIGERIA

VEGETATION OF NIGERIA

The vegetation in Nigeria can be grouped into three major zones. These are: The forest Zone or Vegetation: This forest zone or vegetation contains mainly trees and has the following forest belts. Mangrove swamp...

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