two seasons: a et and dry season. The wet season starts from mid March nnd end in mid-November. The dry season continues till the mid-march of the following year In the month of August, there is a dry spell of between 5 nd 10 days. In the months of December and January. the dry and dusty harmattan wind blows intermittently. The total annual rainfall ranges between 1500 and 3000 mm. ich year, there are two peaks in rainfall in the months of Junei July and September. The humidity is high and often above 60 percent during the dry season(Dike. 2000; the humidity nuctuated between l 100 2003), How and 1500 GMT during the day and could be as low as 45 percent at the peak of the dry season l he vegetation is tropical rainfall White. 1983). Most of the rainforest areas outside forest reserves have been logged and farmed. Presently. the resultant secondary ore re-growths are in various stages of degradation. The abundant trees are llehornea cordifolia nihonolha macrophylla lavis Dialium guineensis guineense Pentaclehra macrophylla and Piptadeniastrum such as Chronolaenu africanum. Some plant specie ulorala and Raplnia hookeri are abundant at sone localized areas such as abandoned firm lands and swampy areas, respectively. The topography is gentle. According to the Federal Department of Agriculture and Land Resources(FDA LIR. 1990), the soil in most plac Un ludike is sandy clay loam. The soil is deep and without stones in many places. The soil parent naterial is the pr Cambrian basement comple