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The Cross River State in the south-eastern part of Nigeria hosts some remarkable landforms and resultant landscapes that have been created by a series of processes dating from the Precambrian to recent times. The Precambrian basement and associated landforms are well expressed within the Obudu Plateau and the Oban Massif, built primarily of granites and metamorphic rocks, as well as other numerous rock units. These Precambrian geologic domains bear relics of ancient geodynamics and evolutionary land-forming processes with its scenic mountain ranges, deeply incised valleys and cascading waterfalls. Also within the Cross River State are landforms associated with sedimentary rocks, typically exemplified by the karst geomorphology of the Mfamosing Formation with weathering and dissolution structures such as caves, stalactites and stalagmites, pinnacle structures, sinkholes and burrow trails.
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Ekwere, A.S. (2023). Geology, Geomorphology and Evolution of the Landscapes of Cross River Region, South-Eastern Nigeria. In: Faniran, A., Jeje, L.k., Fashae, O.A., Olusola, A.O. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Nigeria. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17972-3_15
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