Jos Plateau

The **Jos Plateau** chi plateau ki d'iba alimeji eyi Nigeria. The  Plateau le ni odunwu kwi  Plateau State Igbo ki dẹ kpai ma nwọ dọ lubi state's capital ñwu, Jos. The plateau chu'nyi ñwu abo ichi kpai abo iche ojoji. The plateau's montane grasslands, savannas, kpai forests chi unyi nwụ ami uchẹ ichi egbe Koso ami ẹla ki fi tu kwi efu ami surrounding lowlands kpai oñwu chi ijile the Jos Plateau forest-savanna mosaic ecoregion.

Adiko ẹgba uchanẹ eyi 20th century, abo Britain dí efewo  Jos nyanẹ ki chi tin-mining metropolis. Amonẹ wewe ku ma kwi Southern kpai Northern Nigeria ma wi Jos ku ma chi ukọlọ kpai aja enya atodu tin industry ki dị plateau lẹ. Idi'eju ọwọ North-Central Nigeria, ogbegbele lẹ che ni ami uwo oji Plateau lẹ. Atodu ami anẹ ichi wewe ki nẹ kpai ugo utọ ñwu ,  Jos Plateau lẹ,  mu di ugbo ki  amonẹ awa tigo ñwu.

## Unabẹ anẹ
I ni uñwa eyi 8600&nbsp;km2 kpai ini 300–600 m escarpments li eti ọmẹ ñwu. I ni average altitude eyi 1,280 m, ki ni anẹ ki nana ti 1,000 m le, ki ti edu le yi Nigeria, ki ni high point eyi 1,829 m, efu Shere Hills. Ami ajị wewe ni ẹtiẹ ma kwi plateau lẹ. 

### Alụ anẹ ki che
Jos Plateau lẹ chẹ gba nyọwọ kpai ami uwo ojoji mẹta. Ami granites ku ma chi ogijo dẹ kwi ẹgba late Cambrian kpai Ordovician. Ami granites ku ma chimọtọ a'chi emplacements dating nwụ Jurassic kpai onwu da ma chi ọwọ ka efu Aïr Massif  ki dị central Sahara. I nwọ ni  volcanoes wewe kpai sheets of basalt extruded since the Pliocene. Ami granites eyi imọtọ che ni tin ki ma gwa dufu kwi ẹgba abakwanẹ  eyi 20th century, adiko kpai ubi ọfẹ ami ẹnẹfu.

## Ubọla kpai Ukpuna Ọmọ
Climate ki dị oji  plateau lẹ chi tropical ama ọnwụ aridọdọ ti ami anẹ kibọ ki d'iba nwụ le. Average temperatures range from 15.5&nbsp;°C to 18.5&nbsp;°C in the coolest months to 27.5&nbsp;°C to 30.5&nbsp;°C during the hottest months. Rainfall ranges from 2,000&nbsp;mm per year in the southwest to 1,500&nbsp;mm or less in the drier northeast. Rainfall for the town of Jos averages 1,411&nbsp;mm per year. Rainfall is highly seasonal, falling mostly between June and September with July and August the wettest months. Moisture-bearing winds come from the south and west, and rainfall is higher on the windward south- and west-facing slopes.

## Flora kpai fauna

The natural vegetation eyi ogbegbele lẹ chi agulu mosaic of savanna, open woodland, and forest. Uche eyi amonẹ chẹ fi ami oli ki dị plateau lẹ bu lọ,  kpai ojile plateau lẹ ajọyi mu di anẹ egbe gbagada. Ugbo re ki bọ ki chi oli d'efu nwụ kpai oko du gbo ki amonẹ ma ne ke lo nyonyo ni, agunu southern kpai western escarpments, eti ami aji, kpai ọgane ami okwute lile. Plateau lẹ chi unyi  West Africa’s only population eyi klipspringer (*Oreotragus oreotragus*), kpamani ami endemic birds kpai ami mammals wewe, agunu ami Nigerian mole-rat (*Cryptomys foxi*), Fox's shaggy rat (*Dasymys foxi*), rock firefinch (*Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis*), kpai Jos Plateau indigobird (*Vidua maryae*).

## Amonẹ

The Jos Plateau Deji ọwọ  Nigerian Middle Belt, kpai ogbegbele lẹ ku ma chẹ ma ma nwụ cultural diversity, it is unusually diverse. Barbour et al. (1982:49) show over 60 ethno-linguistic groups on the plateau. Ojile ichi eyi plateau lẹ chi eyi Chadic family, ki d'efu Afro-Asiatic family. Ami ichi mejeji kuma Nana tule efu Plateau lẹ chi Berom, ki di northern Plateau, kpai Ngas ki di southeast. Ami ichi re ki dọ mọ chi Mwaghavul, Pyem, Ron, Afizere, Anaguta, Aten, Irigwe, Chokfem, Kofyar, Kulere, Miship, Mupun kpai Montol.

Amone 3.2 million ku ma du State lẹ, ma chẹ ti ọlọpu mi 50 le ku ma kwi efu ami chi  mi 374 ki dị Nigeria, i jẹnwu kimu di version Nigeria re alụ variety. Ka du manyu, State lẹ chi unyi nwụ abo ku ma wewe kuma kwi Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, kpai Yoruba  (also known as farmers as opposed to herders who go around).[10]

Jos Plateau chi unyi nwu ancient Nok culture, kuma má má atodu terracotta artwork. Anubi  British colonization eyi Nigeria, Jos Plateau mu di mining region ka kpai ugbo igo akoko ka ki di Nigeria, ama touristic activity was impeded in early 21st century by a new conflict between Christians and Muslims as a result of tribal and political differences between the inhabitants of the Jos Plateau.

## Threats and conservation
The Jos plateau is a heavily populated area with loss of native savanna and woodland to farmland conversion and firewood collection; remaining native fauna is predominantly limited to small areas in the more remote areas and river embankments. There is currently no conservation program for this ecoregion. Due to tin mining activity some 320&nbsp;km2 of agricultural land has been disturbed. The situation has been improved since by local farmers due to usage of traditional as well as modern fertilisation methods which combined includes manure, urban waste ash and inorganic fertilizers. Approximately 1,199&nbsp;km2, or 9%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. Protected areas include the Jarawa Hill, Jere, Rafin Bawa, Panshanu, Guram River, Assob Bachit, Kurra Jekko, and Abak River forest reserves.

## References

* Barbour, K.M., et al., editors. 1982 *Nigeria in Maps*. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
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