Nigeria: Geography#
| Location | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 10 00 N, 8 00 E 10.0,8.0 |
| Area | total: 923,768 sq km land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 4,047 km border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km |
| Coastline | 853 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Maisajeh Hill 1593 m; Saiya Hill 1506 m; Kuri 1447 m; Sango 1319 m; Chokobo 1303 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north |
| Natural Hazards | periodic droughts; flooding |
| Natural Resource | natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 38.97% permanent crops: 3.46% other: 57.57% (2011) |
| Climate | varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
| Irrigated Land | 2,932 sq km (2004) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 286.2 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Lagos; Kano; Ibadan; Kaduna; Port Harcourt [Verified] Important Cities |
| Geography-note | the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea |