Zuma Rock is a large monolith of igneous and metamorphic rock rising about 725 meters above the surrounding plain near Abuja, Nigeria. It is an inselberg, a hill of rock left standing after the softer rock around it was stripped away by deep chemical weathering across the West African craton over tens of millions of years under a hot, humid tropical climate, leaving the more resistant rock body exposed as an isolated dome. Weathering has also produced a natural pattern of dark patches on the rock face that has long been popularly described as resembling a human face, and the formation has become closely associated with the Nigerian capital region since Abuja was built nearby.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Zuma Rock
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: MadallaQuote, WDPA feature: Madalla
"desig_eng": "Forest Reserve"
Wikidata: Zuma Rock
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