Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
These mangrove forests serve a critical role in regional ecological and landscape composition, and support subsistence gathering practices, and market-based income opportunities. Anthropogenic development threatens the survival of Niger Delta mangrove populations. Map of Nigeria's vegetation zones
Urban areas in originally mangrove areas include Lagos in Nigeria and Douala in Cameroon. Other strains on the ecoregion include clearance for salt panning and agriculture. However mangrove is a resilient habitat and small clumps of mangrove remain in isolation all along the coast of west and central Africa.
Nigeria's mangrove forest is located in the Niger delta region and is arguably the most exploited mangrove forest in the world. [11] The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has a land mass of about 70000 km² representing 7.5% of Nigeria's land mass.
Mangrove forests grow only at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures. [7] Many mangrove forests can be recognised by their dense tangle of prop roots that make the trees appear to be standing on stilts above the water. This tangle of roots allows the trees to handle the daily rise ...
Similarly, another author indicated that there are 14 distinct biomes, including forests, grasslands, and deserts, among the 846 ecoregions that make up the area. Ecoregions vary in size; the island group of St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean is only 6 km2, while the East Siberian Taiga is 39 million km2.
Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.
The island Andoni is in the southern part of Rivers State in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, measuring about 124 square kilometres is consist of three ecological zones; Freshwater swamp forest, Tidal flat which comprised, estuaries, mangrove and creeks, and Atlantic Beach [2] According to United Nations Development Programme's Niger Delta ...
Cross River National Park borders Korup National Park in Cameroon and is the largest rain forest area in Nigeria. It is also a hotspot for biodiversity. [3] The park has one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, and has been identified as a biodiversity hot spot. [2] Sixteen primate species [4] have been recorded in the park. [5]