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Nigeria's physical geography, states and cities, natural resources, and environmental challenges.
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Nigeria covers 923,768 km² on West Africa's Gulf of Guinea coast, bordered by Benin, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. Its terrain rises from southern coastal…
Nigeria's climate runs from equatorial in the south to arid in the far north, tracking the country's vegetation belts in broad east–west bands. Annual…
The River Benue is the Niger's principal tributary, rising in Cameroon's Adamawa Plateau and running about 1,400 km west into Nigeria before joining the…
The River Niger is West Africa's third-longest river, running roughly 4,180 km from Guinea's Fouta Djallon highlands to the Gulf of Guinea. It enters…