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Benue Trough
Major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake Chad. It is part of the broader West and Central African Rift System.[1]
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