Cross River State Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Geography== Cross River state derives its name from the Cross River, which passes through the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map - Cross River State - MAP[N]ALL.COM |url=http://mapnall.com/en/Map-Cross-River-State_1104602.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=mapnall.com}}</ref> It is a coastal state located in the [[Niger Delta]] region, and occupies 20,156 square kilometers. It shares boundaries with [[Benue State|Benue state]] to the north for 188 km (117 miles), [[Ebonyi State|Ebonyi]] and [[Abia State|Abia]] states to the west for 198 km (123 miles) and about 52 km respectively (partly across Cross River), to the east by [[Sud-Ouest Province, Cameroon|Sud-Ouest Province]] in [[Cameroon]] for about 290 km (181 miles, partly across the Sankwala Mountains and the Akwayafe River, and to the south by [[Akwa Ibom State|Akwa-Ibom]] for about 114 km (71 miles) mostly across Cross River and the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Andem|first1=A. B|last2=Udofia|first2=U. U|last3=Okorafor|first3=K. A|last4=George|first4=U. U|date=2013-08-11|title=Bioaccumulation of some Heavy Metals and Total Hydrocarbon (THC) in the Tissues of Periwinkle (Tympanotonus Fuscatus Var Radula) in the Intertidal Regions of Qua Iboe River Basin, Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria|journal=Greener Journal of Biological Sciences|volume=3|issue=7|pages=258β264|doi=10.15580/gjbs.2013.7.072913762|issn=2276-7762|doi-access=free}}</ref> The state is made up of 18 Local Government Area [[Council]]s. === Climate === Like few other Nigerian states, the climate of Cross River state is [[Tropics|tropical]]. Not only this, the state is also characterised with [[Humidity|relative humidity]]. The [[Global temperature record|average temperature]] of the state is between 15<sup>0</sup>C and 30<sup>0</sup>C. However, this climatic condition is different in locations within the Cross River state such as the high plateau of [[Obudu]], which has a record of a fall in temperature between 4<sup>0</sup>C and 10<sup>0</sup>C, as a result of the high [[altitude]] of this area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerrie.com |url=https://kekerete.tripod.com/CRSG/about.html#:~:text=The%20climate%20within%20Cross%20River,annual%20rainfall%20between%201300%20%E2%80%93%203000mm.}}</ref> The capital city of the State, Calabar, has a significant record of [[rainfall]] within the year, while the dry season has less significant effect in the state due to the depth of rainfall experienced. Based on the records presented by the Climate Data of the state, the annual rainfall of Cross River state is 3306mm| 130.2 inch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=climate cross river |url=https://en.climate-data.org/africa/nigeria/cross-river-348/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ekpe |first=Dr Itita A. |date=2018-01-01 |title=IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ARTISANAL FISHERIES IN CROSS RIVER ESTUARY, SOUTHERN NIGERIA |url=https://www.academia.edu/40617961 |journal=Unical Graduate School}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page