Environmental issues in the Niger Delta are caused by its petroleum industry. The delta covers 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) within wetlands of 70,000 km2... 46 KB (5,406 words) - 08:25, 12 April 2024 |
The Niger Delta swamp forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in southern Nigeria. It consists of freshwater swamp forests in the Niger Delta of the... 50 KB (6,599 words) - 00:42, 28 March 2024 |
Obolos occupy the longest stretch of the Cross River Basin of the Niger Delta mangroves belt, which also houses the largest oil and gas deposits in the... 13 KB (1,480 words) - 20:49, 30 March 2024 |
Niger Delta: The curse of the black gold". 2 August 2008. "Central African mangroves". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 8 November 2021 UNEP (2007). Mangrove of... 6 KB (543 words) - 03:45, 15 April 2024 |
of the delta are fringed with mangroves. Schipper. Amazon-Orinoco ... Myers. Tognetti, Burdette & Schipper. WildFinder – WWF. "Orinoco Delta Wetlands... 6 KB (436 words) - 17:32, 19 June 2023 |
The Niger Delta Basin, also referred to as the Niger Delta province, is an extensional rift basin located in the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea on... 12 KB (2,231 words) - 12:48, 15 April 2024 |
through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf... 49 KB (3,339 words) - 06:00, 2 April 2024 |
African mangroves in the coastal southwest and the Nigerian lowland forests in most of the rest of the state as a small portion of the Niger Delta swamp... 73 KB (6,382 words) - 06:07, 27 April 2024 |
Warri (redirect from Warri, Delta) Jones Creek in the lower Niger Delta Region. The city has a modern seaport which serves as the cargo transit point between the Niger River and the Atlantic... 25 KB (2,055 words) - 12:23, 24 April 2024 |
Geography of Nigeria (section Niger Delta) Plateau, Mambilla Plateau, Jos Plateau, Obudu Plateau, the Niger River, Benue River, and Niger Delta. Nigeria is in the tropics, where the climate is very... 56 KB (3,742 words) - 09:14, 29 March 2024 |
mangroves is found between the 5° N and 5° S latitudes. Approximately 75% of world's mangroves are found in just 15 countries. Estimates of mangrove area... 83 KB (8,866 words) - 14:21, 27 February 2024 |
in the Rivers South-East senatorial district of Rivers State, in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. They number just over 2 million and live... 14 KB (1,807 words) - 20:32, 13 March 2024 |
Myanmar Coast mangroves are an ecoregion in Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Bangladesh where there were once thick forests of mangroves but today most... 5 KB (402 words) - 23:17, 14 January 2023 |
in the central part and R. mangle on the inner edge. The mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta are estimated to be the breeding ground of 40% of the fish... 10 KB (1,104 words) - 16:23, 21 March 2024 |
Global 200 (section Mangroves) African mangroves AT1402 East African mangroves Gulf of Guinea mangroves AT1403 Guinean mangroves Madagascar mangroves AT1404 Madagascar mangroves New Guinea... 37 KB (3,923 words) - 23:21, 22 February 2024 |
"relatively small" oil spill affected the mangroves in Bodo. In 2008 and 2009, two oil spills from the Trans-Niger pipeline operated by Shell Nigeria spilled... 5 KB (463 words) - 04:48, 9 March 2024 |
soft-bottom macrozoobenthos to oil pollution in a tropical mangrove ecosystem, Niger Delta, Nigeria". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 82 (1–2): 167–174. doi:10... 5 KB (378 words) - 19:21, 6 April 2024 |
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (category Niger River Delta) 000 Ogoni in a non-violent campaign for environmental justice in the Niger Delta. Peaceful demonstrations led by MOSOP and other indigenous groups in... 38 KB (4,407 words) - 17:18, 16 April 2024 |
List of ecoregions in Nigeria (section Mangroves) flooded savanna Central African mangroves by bioregion Bight Coastal Lake Chad Catchment Lower Niger-Benue Niger Delta Northern West Coastal Equatorial... 4 KB (394 words) - 06:06, 27 October 2023 |
Ecocide (section Niger Delta oil pollution) restoration of swamps, creeks, fishing grounds and mangroves, could take 25 years. The Niger Delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world. The... 79 KB (7,712 words) - 15:23, 26 April 2024 |
Outline of oceanography (section Mangrove ecoregions) Tobago New Guinea mangroves – A freshwater wetland in Trinidad and Tobago Niger Delta mangroves – A mangrove forest within a deltaic depositional environment... 226 KB (32,647 words) - 13:07, 24 February 2024 |
Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from... 55 KB (5,099 words) - 13:16, 29 April 2024 |