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Assessment Of Climate Change And Variability In Coastal Region
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1.4.3: ECO-REGIONS AND ECOLOGICAL FEATURES OF LAGOS STATE.
The
eco-regions of Lagos State and their features are summarized in Table
1. Wetlands and upland forest (Rainforest) are the dominant ecozones.
In fact, the state falls within the Tropical Rainforest zone, but the
vegetation cover in areas that are not built up is mostly a mosaic of
mangrove swamps, fresh water swamps, secondary forest, farmland and
fallow land. The topography is gently sloping throughout and the soils
are mostly deep and poorly drained (FDALR, 1995)
Table 1.4.3: Eco-regions of Lagos State and their Ecological Features
Eco-region
Geology
Topography
Soil features
Ecozone
Badagry, Ibeju-
Lekki, Ojo, Lagos
Island, Surulere,
Eti-Osa and areas
close to the coast
Deltaic basis
and tidal
flats
Nearly level
plains of 1-2 %
slope
Very
deep, poorly drained and moderately well drained soils; sandy, sandy
loamy or sandy clay loam surfaces over sandy clay, loam sub soils.
Wetland
Part of Ebutemetta,
Mushin
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