Bima Hill
Bima Hill is a hill in Gombe State, Nigeria located in the Yamaltu/Deba Local Government area. It has a prominence of 404 m (1325 ft).[1][2] Bima Hill is the fourth most elevated hill in Gombe State out of 23. It is also the first out of two in Yamaltu/Deba. By prominence, Bima Hill is the 80th in Nigeria, the second in Gombe and first in Yamaltu/Deba.[1]
Localities of Bima Hill[edit]
Shinga is a town in Yamaltu/Deba area of Gombe State, Nigeria.[3] It lies at an elevation of 425 m (1394 ft) between the Bima Hills and the left bank of the Gongola River. Shinga is situated 8 km (5 mi) north of Bima Hills. Other nearby villages are:
Geography[edit]
Bima Hill[5] is located to the left bank of Gongola River with latitude 10.3997°N, 11.5331°E.[7] with an elevation of about 764 m (2,507 ft). [8]
Landmarks
Biryel Government House: 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast
Dadin Kowa Dam: 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest
Wade Hills: 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast
Deba Fulani: 18 km (11.2 mi) west
The relief is less than 300 m (984 ft) which rises above the surrounding land with the climate type of topical savanna.[9]
The feature of the hill is the hypsographic type which is the study and mapping of Earth's topography above the sea level[10]
References[edit]
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- ^ Poly, Hill (1972). Rural Hausa : A Village and Setting. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521082426.
- ^ "Shinga, Nigeria - Facts and information on Shinga - Nigeria.Places-in-the-world.com". nigeria.places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ "Bima Hills / Bima Hills, Nigeria (general), Nigeria, Africa". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ a b "Bima Hills hills, Gombe, Nigeria". ng.geoview.info. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Gombe Mountains". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Bima Hills hills, Gombe, Nigeria". ng.geoview.info. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Gombe Mountains". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Bima Hills, Nigeria - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2022-03-28.