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Benin map of Köppen climate classification zones man transporting a tree trunk during rainy season (October 2018) Benin's climate is hot and humid. Annual rainfall in the coastal area averages 1,360 mm (53.5 in), not particularly high for coastal West Africa. Benin has two rainy and two dry seasons.
Mont Sokbaro (also spelled as Sagbarao [1]) is a hill that is mostly cited as the highest point of Benin, with an elevation of 658 metres (2,159 ft). This designation is contested, as SRTM readings at coordinates 10°17′22″N 1°32′38″E / 10.28944°N 1.54389°E / 10.28944; 1.54389 give an elevation of 672 metres (2,205
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Geography of Benin" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin, named for the Zou River which travels through the department before emptying into the Atlantic in the south of the country. . The department of Zou was split in two in 1999, with the northern territory transferred to the newly created Collines Departm
The geology of Benin in West Africa includes the north-northeast trending Proterozoic Dahomeyide orogen in the north and a range of Cretaceous to Holocene sedimentary rocks in the south, separated very closely by the 7th latitude. [1]: 42 Neogene alluvial deposits extend across Benin’s northeastern border with Niger. In the Togo and Benin ...
Beware, beware the Bight of the Benin, for few come out though many go in. A variation goes: Beware beware, the Bight of Benin: one comes out, where fifty went in! This is said to be a slavery jingle or sea shanty about the risk of malaria in the Bight. [4] A third version of the couplet is: Beware and take care of the Bight of Benin.
The Zou is a river of south-western Benin. [1] It drains into the Ouémé River . The river banks are inhabited in parts by the Mahi people near the Togo border.