Continental driftis defined as the movement of the Earth’scontinentsrelative to each other, appearing to “drift” across the ocean bed. Continental drift theory was initially proposed byAbraham Orteliusin 1596 and was later developed fully by a geophysicist and meteorologist,Alfred Wegenerin 1912. This theory explains that the earths continent move gradually over the surface …
Weather is what we experience in our immediate environment on a daily basis. These experiences are obvious, even without much observation. One can easily detect the changes in the atmosphere whenever they occur, in this case, we can boldly say that the weather has much influence on man and his activity. Whenever …
Weather and climate play important roles in our natural environment. These environmental factors control the distribution of plants and animals across different parts of the earth and in turn affect the behavior and activities of man. The major difference between weather and climate is their occurrence over a period of time. They are similar …
Nigeria has two main relief regions: the uplands or high plateaux ranging between 300m and more than 900m above sea level and the Lowlands, which are generally less than 300m above sea level. Most of the countrys rivers take their sources from four main hydrological centres: the North Central plateau (Sokoto-Rima, Hadejia, …
The great markurdi water works started in 2007 and was commissioned on the 9th of march 2012 by Ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The Great Makrkudi water Plant was aimed to build a water plant that will purify the Benue river water and to supply portable water to feed a large population of Makurdi …
History and Spatial Extent of Niger River River Niger is a famous River in Nigeria; it is located in Niger State, its name comes from the Latin word niger, which means “black”. The native-born population call River Niger with different names such as ‘Jeliba’ or ‘Joliba’ in Manding dialect which means ‘great …
Urbanization first began in ancient Mesopotamia in Uruk period (4300-3100 BCE); it continues from 18 centuries and until now, it has not yet reach it peak. Urban areas are areas with high population of humans, infrastructure, built environment and resources availability; it includes cities and town that have 1000 people per square …
Many relationships exist between the urban and rural areas; these linkages are what drive economic, social and cultural transformations.Urban areas are very important to rural areas, many of the problems of urbanization, which stand in the way of sustainable development, are linked to the relationship between urban and rural areas. For example, issues relating …