Africa and its inhabitants . Q^amba ^lAnnf^O l2°io- 15 Ljrt of br«cnVic*> ItiMjaca. been constituted a second East India Company, which was founded under thename of The National African Company, in 1882, and received iU first charteras The Eoyal Niger Company, on July 10, 1880. Physical Features. Towards its source the Benue basin is separated from that of the Tsad by ascarcely perceptible water-parting; but towards the north tlie divide between itsaffluents and the Kaduna river is fonncd by plateaux dominated by some of thehhitst mountains in North Africa. These highlands arc separated by
Africa and its inhabitants . Q^amba ^lAnnf^O l2°io- 15 Ljrt of br«cnVic*> ItiMjaca. been constituted a second East India Company, which was founded under thename of The National African Company, in 1882, and received iU first charteras The Eoyal Niger Company, on July 10, 1880. Physical Features. Towards its source the Benue basin is separated from that of the Tsad by ascarcely perceptible water-parting; but towards the north tlie divide between itsaffluents and the Kaduna river is fonncd by plateaux dominated by some of thehhitst mountains in North Africa. These highlands arc separated by iutcr\-cning 326 WEST AFRICA. valleys into distinct groups, disposed for the niost part in the direction from north-. west to south-east. The Gabi, the most copious stream rising in this region,, flows THE BENUK BASIN. Ml through a transverse valley lying north of the highest part of the uplands, beyondwhich, under the name of the Gongolu, it pierces the divide at its narrowest andlowest part, ultimately joining the Upper Benue below Yola. In the Kalam country and on the Eornu frontier, the surface is diversified onlyby low rounded heights rising above the sea of verdure; but in the ]}auchidistrict, source of the great river Kaddera flowing to the Middle ]!enuc, the hillsagain rise and merge in a magnificent Alpine system. Domes, needles, or quad-rangular blocks with vertical walls, red, grey, or blackish granite crags, assumestupendous forms, towering 4,000 to 5,000 feet above the gorges, their sloj)csclothed with impenetrable primeval forests. Mount Saranda rises to a height of7,000 feet immediately to the west of the great city of Yakoba, while farther westother granite chains run north and south,
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