Theory question 104
Nigeria: Physical Setting(a) On an outline map of Nigeria, show and name: (i) Rivers Kaduna, Niger and Cross; (ii) two important dams; (iii) one delta coast; (iv) one inland lake. (b) Identify any three contributions of rivers to the development of Nigeria. (c) Outline any three problems encountered in the utilization of Nigerian rivers.
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(a) Map showing the Niger from the north-west to the Delta, the Kaduna joining it from the north-east, the Cross River in the south-east; dams such as Kainji (Niger), Jebba (Niger), Shiroro (Kaduna); the Niger Delta coast; Lake Chad (or Kainji Lake) as the inland lake.
(b) Navigation and transport; fishing; water for homes and industry; irrigation; HEP; tourism and recreation; river basin development.
(c) Seasonal fall in water level; rapids and waterfalls; silting and sandbars at the mouths; water weeds; pollution; short, narrow and shallow channels.
Show each river in its correct position.