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Adamawa Massif
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Adamawa Massif (ädämäwä`, ăd'əmä`wə), plateau, c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), N central Cameroon and E Nigeria, W central Africa. It is sparsely populated, and chiefly used for grazing. Tin is mined there and bauxite mining began in 1976. The Benue River rises on the plateau.
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Lake Nyos lies in the throat of an old volcanic line in the Oku volcano field that runs from Pagalu island in the Atlantic Ocean through Mount Cameroon to the Adamawa Plateau in Nigeria.
Cameroon: Lake Nyos is in a mess; In August 1986, a deadly gas leak ... by Musa, Tansa / New African
 
 
 
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