The following is the list of notable vegetation zones in Nigeria;

The ecological zones in Nigeria are based on Keay (1949), and are defined from South to North as follows: Mangrove Swamp and Coastal Vegetation, Freshwater Swamp Forest, Lowland Rain Forest, Derived Savanna, Guinea Savanna, Sudan Savanna, and Sahel Savanna.

Vegetation regions can be divided into five major types: forest, grassland, tundra, desert, and ice sheet. Climate, soil, the ability of soil to hold water, and the slope, or angle, of the land all determine what types of plants will grow in a particular region.

Most of the United States can be divided into four main vegetation regions.

• Forest.
• Grassland.
• Desert.
• Tundra.

What are the 11 vegetation regions?

• Alpine and arctic tundra and ice.
• Boreal forest.
• Temperate deciduous forest and subtropical evergreen forest.
• Temperate grasslands.
• Desert and semidesert.
• Tropical deciduous forest and savanna.
• Tropical rainforest.

• Rainforest.
• Fresh Water Swamp Forest.
• Mangrove Swamp Forest.
• Montane Vegetation.
• Guinea Savannah.
• Sudan Savannah.
• Sahel Savannah.

Terms in this set (12)

• desert. arid region with few plants.
• mixed forest. a mix of coniferous and deciduous trees.
• tundra. treeless plain with grasses, mosses and scrubs adapted to a cold climate.
• highlands. varies by elevation.
• ice cap. permanate ice and snow.
• chaparral.
• tropical grassland.
• broadleaf evergreen forest.

VEGETATION GRADIENTS

• Alpine and arctic tundra and ice.
• Boreal forest.
• Temperate deciduous forest and subtropical evergreen forest.
• Temperate grasslands.
• Desert and semidesert.
• Tropical deciduous forest and savanna.
• Tropical rainforest.

From north to south — from the Sahara to the humid southern coast — West Africa can be subdivided into five broad east-west belts that characterize the climate and the vegetation. These are the bioclimatic zones known as the Saharan, Sahelian, Sudanian, Guinean, and Guineo-Congolian Regions, shown in the map above.

There are five vegetation regions in the world: forest, grassland, tundra, desert, and ice sheet.

Africa’s vegetation consists of grasslands, rain forests, and a wide variety of other plant life.

Contexts in source publication In general, Africa is a warm and dry continent, and patterns of rainfall largely determine vegetation patterns because of the plants’ dependence on water availability (Fig. 2).