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    Geography of Sudan - Wikipedia

    • 15°00′N 30°00′E / 15.000°N 30.000°E Sudan is located in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Sudan is the third largest country in Africa, after Algeria and the De… See more

    Geographical regions

    Northern Sudan –lying between the Egyptian border and Sennar– has two distinct parts, the desert and the Nile Valley. … See more

    Islands

    Sudan has islands located in the Nile and other rivers, in lakes and reservoirs and in the Red Sea.
    Tuti Island, Aba Island, Badien Island, Sai Island.
    Mukawwar … See more

    Political geography

    Sudan is divided into 18 states and one area with special administrative status. The states of Sudan are:
    1. Khartoum
    2. North Kordofan
    3. Northern… See more

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    Soil

    The country's soils can be divided geographically into a few groups, the sandy soils of the northern and west central areas, the clay soils of the central region, and the laterite soils of the south. Less extensive and widely … See more

    Hydrology

    Except for a small area in northeastern Sudan, where wadis discharge the sporadic runoff into the Red Sea and rivers from Eritrea that flow into shallow evaporating ponds west of the Red Sea Hills, the entire country is d… See more

    Climate

    Although Sudan lies within the tropics, the climate ranges from hyper-arid in the north to tropical wet-and-dry in the far southwest. Temperatures do not vary greatly with the season at any location; the most significant climatic var… See more

    Environmental issues

    Sudan faces some severe environmental problems, most related either to the availability of water or its disposal. Among them are desertification, land degradation, and deforestation. Desertification, the southward … See more

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