| ecological aspects of the jos plateau, nigeria. | the jos plateau has an area of about 6 700 km(2), lies at 1 280 m above sea level, and contains approximately 1 million inhabitants. annual rainfall averaged 137 cm in the period 1965-68; in 1969 rainfall totalled 170 cm and lasted for a month longer than usual.the rural population is engaged in agriculture, tin mining, and cattle grazing. animal life consists chiefly of domestic species; there are few large wild animals. wild primates are apparently rare, although baboons and red patas monkeys ... | 1972 | 4538036 |