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The Niger Delta swamp forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in southern Nigeria. It consists of freshwater swamp forests in the Niger Delta of the Niger River. This swamp forest is the second largest in Africa after the Congolian swamp forests. [1][2][3][4] Although there are large cities just outside the ecoregion, the area has been ...
Nigeria has extensive mangrove forests in the coastal region of the Niger Delta. Considered one of the most ecologically sensitive regions in the world, the Niger Delta mangrove forest is situated within a deltaic depositional environment. These mangrove forests serve a critical role in regional ecological and landscape composition, and support ...
Wildlife of Nigeria. Black-headed heron. The wildlife of Nigeria consists of the flora and fauna of this country in West Africa. Nigeria has a wide variety of habitats, ranging from mangrove swamps and tropical rainforest to savanna with scattered clumps of trees. About 290 mammal species and 940 bird species have been recorded in the country.
5°34′50″N 8°44′54″E / 5.580451°N 8.748379°E / 5.580451; 8.748379. Area. 4,000 km 2. Established. 1991. The Cross River National Park is a national park of Nigeria, located in Cross River State, Nigeria. There are two separate sections, Okwangwo (established 1991) and Oban (established 1988). The park has a total area of ...
217,313 km 2 (83,905 sq mi) Location of Nigeria. Satellite image of Nigeria. Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It shares land borders with the Republic of Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon to the east, and Niger to the north. [1] Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it borders Lake Chad to the northeast.
The Niger delta basin is one of the largest subaerial basins in Africa. It has a subaerial area of about 75,000 km 2, a total area of 300,000 km 2, and a sediment fill of 500,000 km 3. [1] The sediment fill has a depth between 9–12 km. [2] It is composed of several different geologic formations that indicate how this basin could have formed ...
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. East Sudanian savanna. Guinean forest–savanna mosaic. Mandara Plateau mosaic. Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic. Sahelian Acacia savanna. West Sudanian savanna.
Nigeria is the most densely populated country in Africa, which puts a strain on the largest remaining areas of these fertile coastal habitats. Much has been cleared for urban and industrial development, such as the oil refineries of the Niger Delta which have also caused the rivers and swamps to become polluted. [3]