It covers approximately 930 square kilometres (360 sq mi), and forms a broad u-shaped ridge that opens northwards toward the town of Poli.

[1] Podocarpus milanjianus is typically a tree of Afromontane forests, and this is its northernmost occurrence in Cameroon, where it is otherwise restricted to the western highlands.

[1][4] Native mammals include the olive baboon (Papio anubis), Tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus), mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula adamauae), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), African wild cat (Felis lybica), African savanna hare (Lepus victoriae), and rock hyrax (Procavia capensis).

They are mostly farmers, growing grains (sorghum, pearl millet, and eleusine), and yams, cowpea, groundnuts, and okra.

[5] Large areas of the plateau are seasonally burned to expand livestock pasture, and larger wild animals are hunted for food and to keep them away from crops.