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Topography of Nigeria. Nigeria is a large country in West Africa just north of the equator. It is bounded by Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Cameroon to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The country consists of several large plateaus separated by the valleys of the two major rivers, the Niger and the Benue, and their tributaries.
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes ...
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Tourism in Nigeria centers largely on events, due to the country's ample amount of ethnic groups, but also includes rainforests, savannah, waterfalls, and other natural attractions. [1] Tourists spent US$2.6 billion in Nigeria in 2015. This dropped to US$1.5 billion in 2017. [2]
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Sukur Cultural Landscape: Adamawa. Cultural (iii) (v) (vi) 1999 The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its ...
The Green Planet is an indoor zoo and garden in the City Walk area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1] [2] It has over 3,000 plants and animals in its artificial "bio-dome" tropical rainforest including birds, reptiles, and fish. They are kept in open environments, but may not be touched. [3]
The old Dubai zoo was replaced by Dubai Safari Park when It only had a collection of 1000 animals. The park consists of 12.8 million square feet of area. [14] The old park had faced criticism internationally about the conditions the animals were kept in: caged up, very little space, barely able to move.
The Old Oyo National Park is one of the national parks of Nigeria, located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State, Nigeria. [1] The park is 2,512 km 2 of land in northern Oyo state, south west Nigeria, at latitude 8° 15’ and 9° 00’N and longitude 3° 35’ and 4° 42’ E. [2] The location has inevitably placed the park at a vantage position of abundance land area as well as ...