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The Biu Plateau is a highland area in Northeastern Nigeria containing many recently extinct volcanoes. It covers about 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi) and has an average elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft). [1] The plateau lies between the Upper Benue Basin to the south and the Chad Basin to the north.
Pages in category "Volcanoes of Nigeria" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Biu Plateau; J.
The Mandara Mountains looking north-east from Jimeta/Yola. Kapsiki Peak near Rhumsiki is one of the most photographed parts of the Mandara.. The Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 190 km (about 120 mi) along the northern part of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, from the Benue River in the south to the north-west of Maroua in the north
Volcanoes of Nigeria (3 P) R. Volcanoes of Rwanda (1 C, 2 P) S. Volcanoes of São Tomé and Príncipe (1 P) Volcanoes of South Africa (2 C, 4 P) Volcanoes of Sudan (1 ...
Lists of landforms of Nigeria This page was last edited on 24 October 2012, at 13:58 (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ; additional terms may apply.
Nigeria has extensive natural resources and is the largest crude oil producer in Africa and 20 billion barrels of reserves. As such, petroleum is central to economy of Nigeria, producing 80 percent of government revenues and 95 percent of export earnings. Additionally, Nigeria has 2.6 trillion cubic meters of natural gas and a high overall gas ...
Volcanoes, he said, were formed where the rays of the sun pierced the earth. The volcanoes of southern Italy attracted naturalists ever since the Renaissance led to the rediscovery of Classical descriptions of them by wtiters like Lucretius and Strabo. Vesuvius, Stromboli and Vulcano provided an opportunity to study the nature of volcanic ...
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