Akwa Ibom State / Geology

The landscape of Akwa Ibom is mostly flat. This is because the underlying geology of the state is predominantly coastal plain sediments. 

The coastal nature of the state makes it the natural deposit of mosaic of marine, deltaic, estuarine, lagoon and fluvial- lacustrine material. 

Around Itu and Ibiono Ibom Local Area Councils, the topography of the land is undulating with some areas as high as 200 feet above sea level, while there are in some areas valleys, marshes, ravines and swamps due to influence of the Atlantic Ocean, Qua Ibo, Imo and the Cross Rivers. 

On the basis of terrain and landform types, the State has five major physiographic regions as indicated below (Usoro, 2010).