Nigerias’s Geography

Borders and Areas


• Shares land borders with Republic of Benin at west, with Chad and Cameroon at East and Niger at North;

• It coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the South and it boarders lake Chad to the Northeast;

• Geographic coordinates are 1000’N, 800’E;

• Nigeria total area is 923,768 Km2;

Climate

• Is divided in three regions:

1. The far south-tropical rainforest;

2. The far north-desert-like;

3. Rest of the country-savannah
Topography

• Jos Plateau, Udi Hils, Nambila Mountains;

• The main river is Niger extending about 4,180 km;

• Valleys of the Niger and Benue river;

Vegetation

• Three types of vegetation:

1. Forests;

2. Savannah;

3. Mountain land;

Natural Resources

• Petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, natural gas;

Information selected from http://en.wikipedia.org/

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