!!!Nigeria: Geography ||Location|Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon ||Geographic Coordinates|10 00 N, 8 00 E[{GoogleMap location='10.0,8.0' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''923,768 sq km\\''land: ''910,768 sq km\\''water: ''13,000 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''4,047 km\\''border countries: ''Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km ||Coastline|853 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Chappal Waddi 2,419 m ||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Maisajeh Hill 1593 m; Saiya Hill 1506 m; Kuri 1447 m; Sango 1319 m; Chokobo 1303 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] ||Terrain|southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north ||Natural Hazards|periodic droughts; flooding ||Natural Resource|natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land ||Land Use|''arable land: ''38.97%\\''permanent crops: ''3.46%\\''other: ''57.57% (2011) ||Climate|varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north ||Irrigated Land|2,932 sq km (2004) ||Renewable Water Resources|286.2 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|Lagos; Kano; Ibadan; Kaduna; Port Harcourt\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Nigeria/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea