Nigeria
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Introduction - Nigeria: | Location - Nigeria: | Location | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon | | Geographic coordinates | 10 00 N, 8 00 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 923,768 sq km
land: 910,768 sq km
water: 13,000 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly more than twice the size of California | | 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 | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | | Climate | varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north | | Terrain | southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m | | Natural resources | natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land | | Land use | arable land: 33.02%
permanent crops: 3.14%
other: 63.84% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 2,820 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | periodic droughts; flooding | | Environment current issues | 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 | | 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 | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |