Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
As a result, Nigeria now has 96,000 km2 of designated forest reserves, with 20,700 km2 of those reserves being in the forest ecological zone, and the remaining 82 reserves being in the country's lowland forests, which make up 10,504 km2 or about 15% of the total area. [7]
[8] [20] Taylor Creek forest reserve is a lowland (<35 meters below the sea level). It is bordered by the following communities namely Biseni, Kaiama, Kalama, Odi, Zarama, Okordia, Odoni, and Ikarama. [27] Taylor creek forest reserve covers an estimated area of about 220 km 2. It is an overwhelming seasonal swamp forest shore of the Niger River ...
Pages in category "Nigerian lowland forests" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Omo Forest Reserve This page was last ...
The Akure Forest Reserve is situated in Ondo State, Nigeria's Akure South Local Government Area, a tropical rainforest. It has a total area of approximately 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres) [a] and is located between latitudes 7°16' and 7°18' N and longitudes 5°9' and 5°11' E. [4]
The park holds a remnant of the Nigerian lowland forests that once formed a continuous 50–100 km (31–62 mi) wide belt from the Niger River west to the Dahomey Gap in Benin. [7] To the south and southeast the forest was separated from the coast by mangrove and swamp forests, while to the north it merged into the Guinean Forest-Savanna Mosaic ...
3 Game reserves in Nigeria and their location. 4 Ramsar Convention (internationally important wetlands) 5 Other. Toggle the table of contents. Natural areas in Nigeria.
Omo Forest Reserve is a preserved area of tropical rainforest in Ogun state, in the south-western part of Nigeria. It is located about 135 km (84 mi) northeast of Lagos and 80 km (50 mi) east of Ijebu Ode. This nature reserve covers an area of 130,500 hectares (322,000 acres). The average rainfall is around 2,000 mm (80 in).
Idanre Forest Reserve is in Idanre local government area of the Nigerian state of Ondo, in the south-west part of the country. This International Union for Conservation of Nature designated nature reserve covers 561 square kilometres (217 sq mi). [1] It is a lowland rainforest with an altitude of 10 to 400 meters. [2]