<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2011) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2011) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Niger Delta is located in the southern part of Nigeria . It is one of the world's largest arcuate fan - shaped river deltas . </P> <P> The riverine area of the Niger Delta is a coastal belt of swamps bordering the Atlantic ocean . The swamps are vegetated tidal flats formed by a reticulate pattern of interconnected meandering creeks and distributaries of the River Niger . </P>

Map of nigeria showing the savanna vegetation belts