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The vegetation in Nigeria is split into seven distinct zones which are sandwiched between the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa and the Atlantic Ocean to the south of Nigeria.
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Map of Nigeria showing vegetation zones and some important sites for Biodiversity. Source: Adapted from Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) [6]. Source publication
The Nigerian vegetation zones are described following Adekanmbi and Ogundipe (2009b) based on Keay (1959a, b) (Fig. 1). The following vegetation zones are recognized from North to South: a.
Nigeria has a total land area of 923,768 km ², with highly variable land cover, including tropical rainforest, Sahelian savannah, mountain plateaus and coastal plains. The country has diverse and complex vegetation types with contiguous ecological zones.
The vegetation of Nigeria is diverse, in the far north and east, where there is almost no rain, the so-called Sahel (deserted) extends. There is almost no green vegetation there. On the other side of Lake Chad, on the contrary, reeds and papyrus grow thickly.
Explore the state of forests in Nigeria by analyzing tree cover change on GFW’s interactive global forest map using satellite data. Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices, forest fires, forest communities, biodiversity and much more.
The vegetation of Nigeria can be classified into three major zones namely: The forest, the Savannah and the Montane vegetation. The Forest Vegetation. This very vegetation is made up of different belts such as the Mangrove Swamp, Fresh water Swamp, Equatorial rain and the Monsoon or Deciduous forest belt.
