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Le plateau de Mambila, ou Mambilla, est une région de plateaux située à l'Est du Nigeria dans l'État de Taraba, et bordant la frontière avec le Cameroun.

Plateau de Mambila
Géographie
Altitude	2 419 m, Chappal Waddi
Massif	Ligne du Cameroun
Superficie	9 400 km2
Administration
Pays	Nigeria Cameroun
État Régions	Taraba Adamaoua, Nord-Ouest
Géologie
Roches	Roches volcaniques
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Voir aussi

Bibliographie

• (en) R. J. Dowsett. (dir.), A preliminary natural history survey of Mambilla Plateau and some lowland forests of Eastern Nigeria, Tauraco Press, Ely, Cambs, 1989, 56 p.
• (en) Mahmoud Hamman, Peoples of the Mambila Plateau and their relations with the Bamnyo region: c.1840-1901, s. l. 2008, 115 p. (ISBN 9789781252532)
• (en) J. Hurault, « Land Crisis on the Mambila Plateau of Nigeria, West Africa », in Journal of Biogeography, 1998, 25, p. 285-299
• (en) Oladapo Olufemi Osituyo, Mambilla Plateau: nature's gift to the nation, Diocesan Printing Press, Ibadan, 2006, 87 p. (ISBN 9789782452207)
• (en) A. L. Tukur, Abel A. Adebayo, Mala Galtima, The land and people of the Mambilla Plateau, Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria), 2005, 149 p. (ISBN 9789781299339)

Articles connexes

• Chappal Waddi
• Géographie du Nigeria
• Mambila (peuple)
• Mambila (langue)

• Portail de la montagne
• Portail du Nigeria
• Portail du Cameroun

На других языках

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[de] Mambilla-Plateau

Das Mambilla-Plateau ist eine Hochlandregion in Taraba, Nigeria. Diese Hochlandregion ist die nördliche Fortsetzung des Bamenda-Hochlands in Kamerun.

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[en] Mambilla Plateau

The Mambilla Plateau is a plateau in the Taraba State of Nigeria. The plateau is Nigeria's northern continuation of the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon. The Mambilla Plateau has an average elevation of about 1,600 metres (5,249 ft) above sea level, making it the highest plateau in Nigeria.[1] Some of its villages are situated on hills that are at least 1,828 metres (5,997 ft) above sea level.[2] Some mountains on the plateau and around it are over 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) high, like Chappal Waddi which has a height of 2,419 metres (7,936 ft) above sea level. It is the highest mountain in Nigeria[3] and in West Africa. The Mambilla Plateau measures about 96 km (60 mi) along its curved length; it is 40 km (25 mi) wide and is bounded by an escarpment that is about 900 m (2,953 ft) high in some places.[4] The plateau covers an area of over 9,389 square kilometres (3,625 sq mi).[5]

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- [fr] Plateau de Mambila

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