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The Mambilla Plateau is a plateau in the Taraba State of Nigeria. The plateau is Nigeria's northern continuation of the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon. The Mambilla Plateau has an average elevation of about above sea level, making it the highest plateau in Nigeria.〔(Mambilla Plateau ). Wikimapia.org. Retrieved on 2011-04-09.〕 Some of its villages are situated on hills that must be at least high above sea level.〔(Chapter IX. The Mambila ), David Zeitlyn, University of Kent〕 Some mountains on the plateau and around it are over high, like the Chappal Waddi (more appropriate name: Gang) mountain which has an average height of about above sea level. It is the highest mountain in Nigeria〔(Physical Map of Nigeria ). Freeworldmaps.net. Retrieved on 2011-04-09.〕 and the highest mountain in West Africa if Cameroon's mountains, such as Mount Cameroon, are excluded. The plateau developed on basement complex rocks.Tertiary basalts also occur on the Mambilla plateau and are mostly formed by trachytic lavas and extensive basalts, occurring around Nguroje.〔http://www.sciencepub.net/nature/0703/12_0629_ISHAKU_RECENT_ns.pdf〕 The Mambilla Plateau measures about along its curved length; it is wide and is bounded by an escarpment that is about high in some places.〔(MAMBILLA PLATEAU – Nigeria Online Tourism Magazine ). Goodlife.com.ng. Retrieved on 2011-04-09. (archived link, July 24, 2011)〕 The plateau covers an area of over .〔Fidelis Mac Leva (Nigeria: Myths and Wonders of Mambilla Plateau ), allafrica.com, 20 May 2007〕 Gang ('Chappal Waddi') Mountain is found at the northeastern flank of the Plateau. ==Location== The Mambilla Plateau, cradle of the Bantu-speaking peoples (Zeitlyn & Connell, 2003; Griffith, 2007; Martin, 2009),and inhabited for over four millennia, is found in the southeastern part of Taraba State of Nigeria under Sardauna local government area (the former Mambilla District set up in January 1940, which became known as 'Mambilla Local Authority' in 1970, and then as 'Mambilla Local Government Area' in 1981) .〔(MAMBILLA PLATEAU – Nigeria Online Tourism Magazine ). Goodlife.com.ng. Retrieved on 2011-04-09.〕 The current 'Sardauna' title is believed to be an inappropriate cognomen for this historically famous spot in Africa, given that the combination of three local government areas in one, which was the tenuous basis for the appellation has since ceased to exist. The plateau has its south and eastern escarpments standing along the Cameroonian border, while the remainder of its giant northern escarpment and its western slope are in Nigeria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mambilla Plateau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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