Sudan: Geography#
| Location | north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 15 00 N, 30 00 E 15.0,30.0 |
| Area | total: 1,861,484 sq km land: NA water: NA We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 1861484 DBpedia: 1886068 Geoname: 1861484 Infoplease: 1861484 Britannica: 1844797 Wolfram: 1886000 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 6,751 km border countries: Central African Republic 175 km, Chad 1,360 km, Egypt 1,275 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 769 km, Libya 383 km, South Sudan 2,184 km note: Sudan-South Sudan boundary represents 1 January 1956 alignment; final alignment pending negotiations and demarcation; final sovereignty status of Abyei region pending negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan |
| Coastline | 853 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Red Sea 0 m highest point: Jabal Marrah 3,071 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Jebel Uweinat 1934 m; Nuba Mountains 1325 m According to Geonames: Kirsin Tonga 2799 m; Idwa 2248 m; Mogulduma 2167 m; Jabal Dara 2080 m; Jabal Ubbor 2077 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north |
| Natural Hazards | dust storms and periodic persistent droughts |
| Natural Resource | petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 6.76% permanent crops: 0.07% other: 93.17% (2011) |
| Climate | hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November) |
| Irrigated Land | 18,900 sq km (2010) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 64.5 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Umm Durman; Khartoum; al-Khartum Bahri; Niyala; Kassala According to Geonames: Khartoum; Omdurman; Port Sudan; Kassala; El Obeid Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | dominated by the Nile and its tributaries |