Compare and contrast the eastern scarplands and western highlands under the following headings; (a) Relief (b)…

Compare and contrast the eastern scarplands and western highlands under the following headings;
(a) Relief (b) people and population (c) settlement pattern (d) Agriculture 

Explanation
Eastern scarpland Western Highlands

(a) Relief 
(i) Scarplands with average elevation of about 300m above the sea level
(ii) Alternating Plateau and Cuestas separated by wide Manu-Oji river valley (iii) Made up of sandstones eg. Udi hills 

– Curved ridges higher than Eastern Scarpland average elevation between 300-600m above the sea level.
– It is heavily dissected by rivers 
– Made up of granites eg Idanre hills 

(b) People and population:
(i) Tribes are Igbo, Igala
(ii) Population density of over 200 persons/sq km
(iii) Simple dressing 

Largely Yoruba Over 200 persons per sq km Voluminous way of dressing 

(c) Settlement patterns; 
(i) Mainly rural
(ii) Nucleated
(iii) Few linear settlement 

Highly urbanised Nucleated More linear settlement 

(d) Agriculture;
(i) Food crops include yam, coco-yarn, cassava maize, rice
(ii) Cash crops, e.g Oil-palms, citrus, cashew nuts
(iii) Livestock farming -goatS, sheep, Ndama cattle 

Casava, rice, yam, maize, plantain Cocoa, rubber, citrus, coffee, oil palm, kola nuts Coat, chicken, sheep, Muturu cattle 

 

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