Abuja's climate is generally hot and humid during the rainy season of June to September and rainfall in the area averages 50 inches per year. In the central plateau, where Abuja is located, temperatures can climb to over 100(F) between March and June. Humidity is high most of the year but declines during the winter months. Along the coast, the heaviest rains fall during May to October. The rainy season is fairly distinct throughout Nigeria. Rainfall is heaviest in this area, averaging 70 inches per year. In the coastal area, where Lagos is located, temperatures range from the mid-70s to the low 90s during most of the year. The Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guineaĭue to its size and diversity, Nigeria has different climate zones.
The most extensive upland area is the Jos Plateau in east-central Nigeria, a region 2000 to 4000 feet above sea level with elevations up to 5841 feet. The country's highest peaks are in the eastern highlands bordering Cameroon, with elevations up to 7,936 feet. Most of Nigeria's oil deposits are found in the Niger delta or in the coastal waters. The two rivers form the upper arms of a flattened letter Y, coming together in the south-central part of the country, and proceed due south as the Niger River, fanning out into a large and intricate delta as the waters reach the Gulf of Guinea. The country's major geographical features are the Niger and Benue Rivers. Lagos is located in the coastal belt and Abuja is in the central plateau. Nigeria's 356,669 square miles stretch across several climatic regions: a narrow coastal belt of mangrove swamps a somewhat wider section of rolling hills and tropical rain forests a still larger dry central plateau, with open woodlands and savanna and a strip of semi-desert on the fringes of the Sahel. What is the terrain and geography like in Nigeria?
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