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Item	20112
UDC Class:	631.474(669)
Collection reference:	HTSPE00112
Title:	Vegetation and Land Use - Nigeria
Subtitle:	Sheet NC 31-16; 1:250,000 (Ilorin)
Language:	English
Subjects:	Vegetation Types, Land Use, Species, Scientific Names, Grassland, Shrubland, Woodland, Forest, Plantations, Forest Reserve.
Series Title:	JOG 1501
Publication Date:	1978
Publisher’s Name:	Federal Department of Forestry, Nigeria.
Place of Publication:	Lagos, Nigeria.
Project Sponsor:	Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Department of Forestry.
Corporate Author:	Hunting Technical Services Ltd.
Material Extent:	One map; part of a set of sixty-nine Vegetation and Land Use maps of Nigeria.
Material Characteristics:	Printed, colour, map with legend, three inset schematic maps, and index to adjoining sheets.
Material Accompanying:	Set of 1:250,000 scale Vegetation and Land Use maps of Nigeria, 1978.
Material Type:	Paper map with hanger frame in map cabinet.
Summary Abstract:	This map forms part a of set of sixty-nine, 1:250,000 scale, Vegetation and Land Use maps of Nigeria based on radar imagery, compiled by Hunting Technical Services Ltd. during 1976-1978. Sheet NC 31-16 covers Kwara State with parts of Niger and Oyo States; and shows the distribution of thirteen Vegetation and Land Use Types, which are grouped into seven main Formations, including: Grassland, Shrubland, Woodland, Forest, Farmland, Plantations, and Forest Reserve. On the map face there are, also, three inset schematic maps showing the location of Forest Reserves, Geomorphology Units, Administrative Units and Eco-Climatic Zones.
Country Now:	Nigeria
Region:	West Africa - Kwara State of Nigeria
Nearest City:	Ilorin
Northernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	9
Southernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	8
Easternmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	6
Westernmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	4.5
Map Scale:	250000

This item was acceeded to the WOSSAC archive from HTSPE Ltd. (now DAI), and is held at Cranfield University.

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