Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,650 m (8,690 ft)
- Coordinates
- 9°48′N 14°05′E / 9.800°N 14.083°E / 9.800; 14.083
- Countries
- Cameroon , Central African Republic and Nigeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Named after
- Modibo Adama
- Country
- Cameroon
- Elevation
- 1078
- Image
- Hills near Ngaoundal.jpg
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- mountain range
- Cameroon line
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Encyclopedic overview
The Adamawa Plateau (French: Massif de l'Adamaoua) is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon (Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria is more popularly known as Gotel Mountains.
The Adamawa Plateau is the source of many waterways, including the Benue River. The average elevation is about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters), but elevations can reach as high as 8,700 feet (2,700 meters). It is important for its deposits of bauxite. The vegetation is mostly savanna. The endangered toad Amietophrynus djohongensis is known to exist in the wild only in the Cameroonian part of the Adamawa Plateau.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adamawa Plateau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.