LANDFORMS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES
Volcanic activities have a profound influence on the earth’s landforms. Solid, liquid or gaseous materials…
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THE INFLUENCE OF ROCK TYPES ON LANDSCAPES
The appearance and characterstic features of landforms are greatly influenced by the underlying rock type….
THE CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS
The earth’s crust is made up of various types of rocks, differing from one another…
THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE
A traveller going eastwards gains time from Greenwich until he reaches the meridian 180°E when…
STANDARD TIME AND TIME ZONES
If each town were to keep the time of its own meridian, there would be…
POPULATION GROWTH IN AFRICA
The exact population size of Africa, like that of the world, at any particular time…
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION IN AFRICA
The population density of Africa is 30 persons per square kilometre. This might be misleading…
URBANISATION IN NIGERIA
Urbanisation is the process by which people move to a place and settle in large…
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
1) Size In studying the population in any country, the first consideration is to determine…
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Population is important both as a factor and as a measure of development in a…
POPULATION SIZE AND DENSITY OF AFRICA
The availability of reliable population data is one of the major problems of development planning…
FUNCTIONS OF SETTLEMENTS
All settlements perform certain useful functions to justify their continued existence. Most of them have…
LOCATION OF SETTLEMENTS
A close look at the towns and cities shown in your atlas will reveal that…
RURAL VERSUS URBAN SETTLEMENTS
Rural and urban settlements may be distinguished from one another on the basis of populations…
SOUTHERN COASTLANDS OF NIGERIA
Physical Setting The coastal lowlands bordering of Nigeria range in height from sea level to…
SOUTH WESTERN HIGHLANDS OF NIGERIA
Physical Setting The western highlands region covers Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo and parts of…
CROSS RIVER PLAINS
Physical Setting The Cross River plains lie between the Udi hills to the west and…
NIGER BENUE TROUGH
Physical Features The Niger-Benue trough is a massive depression in the middle of the country,…
THE CHAD BASIN
Physical Features The Chad Basin in the north eastern extreme corner of Nigeria is basically…
THE SOKOTO PLAIN
Physical Features The Sokoto plain in northwest Nigeria is essentially a dissected lowland, about 300metres…
EASTERN SCARPLANDS OF NIGERIA
This region is found east of the Niger delta and south of River Benue. It…
EASTERN HIGHLANDS OF NIGERIA
Physical Setting The eastern highlands consist of chains of hills, plateaus and mountains along the…
GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF NIGERIA
Nigeria can be classified into nine broad geographical regions, each having obvious and essentially similar…
NORTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF NIGERIA
Physical Features This is a very extensive region that extends from Katsina in the north…
WORLD POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Apart from their very rapid rate of increase, human beings are also very unevenly distributed,…
METHODS OF SHOWINGS RELIEF ON MAP
Various methods have been devised by geographers, particularly cartographers (geographers skilled in map making), to…
WORLD SHIPPING ROUTES
The following are some of the principal ocean trade routes. 1) The North Atlantic Route:…
DAIRY FARMING
Dairy farming is the tending of animals for the primary purpose of producing milk for…
THE PATTERN OF WORLD POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
1) The very sparsely populated parts of the world These include the cold polar lands…
URBANIZATION AND ITS PROBLEMS
The growth of towns in human numbers leads directly to the area expansion of the…
PHYSICAL SETTING OF NIGERIA
The main physical features are the geology, relief and drainage systems. They are examined generally…
DISTRIBUTION OF NIGERIA’S MINERAL AND POWER RESOURCES
Nigeria is blessed with abundant mineral resources; and they are found all over the country….