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Climatic and Environmental Effect in the Niger Delta

Climatic and Environmental Effect in the Niger Delta

Afa, John Tarilanyo

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Environmental StudiesGeneral Nature

ISBN10: 3656414394
ISBN13: 9783656414391
Publisher: Grin Verlag
Published: Apr 22 2013
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.06 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Technical Report from the year 2011 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: A, ( Atlantic International University ) (Niger Delta University), course: CEC 633, language: English, abstract: The Niger Delta is located at the Atlantic Coast of the Southern part of Nigeria. It is the outlet of River Niger and Benue to the Ocean through rivers, creeks and estuaries. It is the second largest delta in the world with coastline spanning about 450 kilometers terminating at the Imo river entrance (Uyique, Etiosa 2007). It is described as the largest wetland in Africa and among the three largest in the world. The region spans over 20,000 square kilometers hoisting about 25% of the Nigeria population. About 2370 square kilometers of the Niger Delta consist of Rivers, creeks and estuaries while stagnant swamp covers about 8,600 square kilometers and has the largest mangrove swamp in Africa. The mangrove swamp extends about 1900 square kilometers. The region falls within the tropical rain forest zone (Joe-Alagoa, E., 2002)

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