: Fruit farming is defined as the type of farming in which farmers cultivate mainly fruit crops for domestic, industrial or commercial purposes. It is sometimes called orchard farming. … Read More »FRUIT FARMING IN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS OF AFRICA
Plantation agriculture can be defined as the cultivation of certain crops (usually Cash crops) on a large area of land. CROPS INVOLVED IN PLANTATION AGRICULTURE It involves the planting of… Read More »PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA
Irrigation agriculture is the type of agriculture which involves the artificial application of water to soil or land for farming purposes. Irrigation is practiced in areas where rainfall is insufficient… Read More »IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IN THE NILE AND NIGER BASIN
Lumbering is defined as the felling of economic trees in the forest for domestic, industrial or commercial purposes. Lumbering is practiced in Equatorial Africa regions like Zaire (around kinshesa, Ituri… Read More »LUMBERING IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA (ZAIRE AND NIGERIA)
Climate is the atmospheric condition of a place over a long period of time. Factors affecting the climate of Africa are: Latitude Altitude Distance from the sea or ocean Ocean… Read More »AFRICA: CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
Africa can be grouped into the following relief regions – The east (made up partly of mountains) – The west (made up partly of highlands) – The south (made up… Read More »AFRICA: RELIEF AND DRAINAGE
LOCATION: Africa is located between latitudes 37o N and 35oS of the equator and 17oW and 51oE of the Greenwich Meridian. POSITION: Africa is the second largest continent in the… Read More »AFRICA: LOCATION, POSITION, SIZE AND POLITICAL DIVISION
A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data. The acronym GIS is sometimes used for Geographical Information Science or… Read More »GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
Land reclamation also known as land fill. It is the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or land fill. The term “reclamation” also refers to returning disturbed… Read More »GEO-POLITICAL ISSUES: LAND RECLAMATION
INTER-DEPENDENCE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN SETTLEMENTS Urban and rural settlements depend on each other for their continuous existence A. Dependence of Urban Settlement on Rural Settlement The rural areas perform… Read More »SETTLEMENT INTERACTIONS
A settlement is defined as a place containing one or more buildings with people living in them. A settlement can be a city, village or a compound. Favourable conditions for… Read More »WORLD SETTLEMENT
Population is defined as the number of people living in an area at a particular time. In terms of countries, China is the most populous country, followed by India, United… Read More »WORLD POPULATION
CONVENTIONAL SYMBOLS Conventional signs are symbols used to represent both natural and human features found in an area that is represented on a map. The conventional signs represent the language… Read More »REPRESENTATION OF RELIEF LANDFORMS
Trade refers to the buying and selling or exchange of goods and services between one region and another in the same country or between one country and another. The former… Read More »COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES (TRADE) IN NIGERIA
Manufacturing industry is defined as the industry that is involved in the turning of raw materials into new products by mechanical or chemical process at home or in the factory.… Read More »MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA: CHARACTERISTICS, CLASSIFICATION, FACTORS & LOCALIZATION
Transportation is defined as the movement of people, goods and commodities from one place to another either by land, water or by air. TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION LAND TRANSPORT: This is… Read More »TRANSPORTATION IN NIGERIA: LAND, RAIL, AIR, WATER, TYPES, ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
Environmental conservation is the process of preserving natural resources from loss, waste or exploitation in order to ensure continuous availability. Environmental conservation methods include the following: Afforestation Re-afforestation Cover-cropping Improved… Read More »ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
GREEK SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATE This is one of the earliest climatic classification which was made by the Greeks. The basis for the Greek classification is temperature. This system… Read More »CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATE
Climate is the average weather condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time usually about 30-35years. FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT OR DETEMINE CLIMATE Latitude 6. Cloud cover… Read More »CLIMATE
The action of wave as an important agent of erosion, transportation and deposition of material is confined to the coast of seas and oceans. The rate of marine erosion depends… Read More »ACTION OF WAVE