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Adamawa Plateau

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The plateau is sparsely populated, and cattle raising is the main occupation in the area. The province and plateau were named after
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is known to exist in the wild only in the Cameroonian part of the Adamawa Plateau.
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The Adamawa Plateau is the source of many waterways, including the
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Landscape near Ngaoundal in Cameroon's Adamawa Province
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Elevation
Coordinates
9°48′N 14°05′E / 9.800°N 14.083°E / 9.800; 14.083
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Nigeria
French
plateau
west
central Africa
Nigeria
Cameroon
Adamawa
North Provinces
Central African Republic
Gotel Mountains
Benue River
bauxite
savanna
Amietophrynus djohongensis
Fulani
Muslim
Modibo Adama




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