The
South Cameroon Plateau or
Southern Cameroon Plateau is the dominant geographical feature of
Cameroon. The plateau lies south of the
Adamawa Plateau and southeast of the
Cameroon Range. It slopes south and west until giving way to the Cameroon coastal plain in the southwest and the
Congo River basin in the southeast. The plateau is characterised by hills and valleys in the southwest and a more gentle
peneplain in the southwest. Isolated
massifs occur, especially in the southwest.
Metamorphic rocks make up the plain's basement. The soils are
ferrallitic and
lateritic, with colouration ranging from red or brown in the interior to yellow on the coast. The soils are subjected to silica leeching, so they are not productive without fertiliser.