Geography

TRANSPORTATION IN NIGERIA Transportation is defined as the movement of people, goods and commodities from one place to another either by land, water or by air. TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION LAND TRANSPORT: This is the movement of people and goods from one place to another by land. Means of transportation by land include: Human portage: This […]

VEGETATION OF NIGERIA The vegetation of Nigeria can be grouped into three major zones and these are: Forest zone/vegetation: This zone contains mainly trees and it is sub-divided into (a) Mangrove swamp forest: Salt and fresh water swamp. (b) Rain forest Savanna zone/vegetation: This zone is made up of mainly grasses and it is further

Climate is the average weather condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time usually about 30-35years. FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE Latitude Altitude Distance from the sea Ocean currents etc.   Elements of climate Temperature Rainfall Wind Relative humidity Pressure Cloud cover Sunshine (i) Temperature: It is the degree of hotness and coldness of a

Relief refers to the surface features of the land above the sea level. The relief of Nigeria can be grouped into two main classes. These are lowlands and highlands. LOWLANDS These are areas below 300m above the sea level. Areas of lowlands in Nigeria include the following. (i)         The Sokoto Plain (200 – 300m) (ii)       

LOCATION OF NIGERIA Nigeria is located between 4 0 N and 14 0 N of the Equator, and between 30E and 150 E of the Greenwich Meridian. Note that since Nigeria is located between Latitudes 40 N and 14 0 N, the latitudinal extent of Nigeria is 10 0 i.e. 15 0 – 4 0,

: Fruit farming is defined as the type of farming in which farmers cultivate mainly fruit crops for domestic, industrial or commercial purposes.  It is sometimes called orchard farming.   Favourable Factors of Fruit Farming The presence of Mediterranean climate favours fruit farming in the regions. Presence of bright, sunny, weather with hot, dry summers

Plantation agriculture can be defined as the cultivation of certain crops (usually Cash crops) on a large area of land. CROPS INVOLVED IN PLANTATION AGRICULTURE It involves the planting of perennial crops such as Cocoa, Rubber, Oil palm, Tea, Coffee etc.   CHARACTERISTIC OF PLANTATION AGRICULTURE It requires a large area of land. It requires

Irrigation agriculture is the type of agriculture which involves the artificial application of water to soil or land for farming purposes.  Irrigation is practiced in areas where rainfall is insufficient like Egypt and Sudan in the Nile Basin (using River Nile) and Mali and Northern Nigeria in the Niger Basin using River Niger.   Irrigation

Lumbering is defined as the felling of economic trees in the forest for domestic, industrial or commercial purposes. Lumbering is practiced in Equatorial Africa regions like Zaire (around kinshesa, Ituri etc) and in Nigeria (around Benin City, Sapele, Port-Harcourt etc). Favourable Factors for Lumbering in Zaire and Nigeria are: The presence of dense tropical rainforest.

Climate is the atmospheric condition of a place over a long period of time. Factors affecting the climate of Africa are: Latitude Altitude Distance from the sea or ocean Ocean currents Planetary winds and pressure belts Slope and aspect Cloud cover Vegetation   TYPES OF CLIMATE IN AFRICA The Equatorial Hot Climate: This is found