Geography of Nigeria

Relief

The Nigeria is crossed by two large river, the Niger with the west and its Affluent the Bénoué in the east. The delta of Niger occupies a surface of 24 ' 000 km opening on the Golfe of Guinea.

The east coast traversed of Lagoon S and Mangrove S. Plus in north, one meets a wet zone of Savane and one of dry savanna. In the east, the top Plate of Bauchi, whose altitude can reach 2 ' 010 meters, and the only area of the country whose climate is moderate. Close to the Cameronian border, the Chappal Waddi culminates with 2 ' 419 meters.

Climate

Nigeria is divided into two climatic zones. The south knows a tropical Climat wet with one rain season from April at October - the relative humidity being higher than 85% all the year. The difference between the temperatures diurnal and night is weak. In north, the climate is desert, with moreover wide variations of temperature (until 50° C in summer, for differences between the day and the night which can go until 20°) and of rarer precipitations. The Harmattan breath in winter.

The difficult climatic conditions that knows the north of the country limit the urban development to it and most of the population is concentrated in the south.

Natural resources and exploitation of the ground

Natural resources: Oil, tin, Coltan, Ore of Iron, coal, sandstone, Lead, Zinc, Natural gas, hydraulic power.

Exploitation of the ground:

arable lands: 33%
permanent crops: 3%
permanent pastures: 44%
forests: 12%
irrigated grounds: 9 ' 570 km

Environment

environmental Problems: impoverishment of the soil, Deforestation, Turning into a desert.

Natural disasters: Famine in north.

International treaties on the environment: biodiversity, climate changes, turning into a desert, species in danger, right of the sea, marine pollution, safeguarding of the sea life, prohibition of the nuclear tests, protection of the layer of ozone.

Sources

Random links: