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fiogf49gjkf0d NIGERIA IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF WEST AFRICA,
COVERING AN AREA OF 923,800SQ.KM. IT IS BORDERED TO THE
NORTH BY NIGER, TO THE SOUTH BY THE GULF OF GUINEA, TO THE
WEST BY BENIN, LAKE CHAD TO THE NORTHEAST AND FINALLY
CAMEROON ON THE EAST.
NIGERIA IS SITUATED ON THE LOWER GREAT AFRICAN CONTINENTAL
PLATEAU, SLOPING GRADUALLY FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST TO THE
NORTH AND WEST. MANY ELEVATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY REACH ABOVE
610M ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
SANDSTONE COVERS THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE GULF OF GUINEA.
THE WEST AND NORTH ARE FEATURED MAINLY BY HIGH PLAINS, WITH
WIDE, SHALLOW VALLEYS. DOME SHAPED HILLS AND LONG RANGES
OCCUR IN THE ISHAN, UDI-NSUKKA AND AWKA-ORLU REGIONS.
THE JOS PLATEAU AND THE BIU PLATEAU, ARE MADE UP OF LAVA
SURFACES WITH MANY EXTINCT VOLCANOES. THESE PLATEAUS ALSO
INCLUDE SEVERAL CRATER LAKES.
ONLY ONE TENTH OF LAKE CHAD IS SITUATED IN THE TERRITORY OF
NIGERIA. ITS BIGGEST TRIBUTARY THE RIVER NIGER AND BENUE
ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS.
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