TY - BOOK AU - John Tarilanyo Afa PY - 2013 CY - München, Germany PB - GRIN Verlag SN - 9783656410812 TI - Climatic and Environmental Effect in the Niger Delta DO - 10.3239/9783656410812 UR - https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/213035 N2 - 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) KW - climatic, environmental, effect, niger, delta LA - English ER -