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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and has highly diverse forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, this rich vegetation continues to decline at an alarming rate; 21% of its forest cover...
Below there is the map of Nigeria showing vegetation belts. Vegetation zones in Nigeria. As mentioned in the previous lesson, Nigeria is a state of forests and savannas. Once, a significant part of the territory was covered with dense tropical rainforests.
Free Nigeria GIS Map Files | Resources. We've created multiple GIS maps for the country of Nigeria. Below is visualization of the GIS border data we have for Nigeria. Features include: Simplified to load quickly with minimal loss of detail (637.3 KB .json file).
The Nigerian terrain is quite varied but except perhaps, in a few areas of rugged hills or extreme water logging (Figure 1 & 2), it does not constitute a major constraint to man's social and ...
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.
Map of Nigeria showing the vegetation zones and some State Capitals. zones) of Nigeria over the ages as a stable agricultural production system. In practice, in most cases, shifting cultivation integrates a compound farm-
Fig. 1. Sketch-map showing the distribution of established conservation areas ( Strict Natural Reserves) in Nigeria. age - and by biotic factors. The distribution of vegetation depends chiefly on the fact that the climate tends to become drier with increasing distance from the sea. The operative factors affecting the distribution
