Sudan-Geographic-Statistics

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 * Location:** Sudan is located in northeastern Africa. It borders the Red Sea between Egypt and Eritrea.


 * Natural Resources:** Petroleum is Sudan's largest natural resource. Sudan also has small deposits of chromium ore, copper, gold, iron ore, mica, silver, tungsten, and zinc.

The Nile river is the most dominant geographic feature of Sudan. It flows 3,000 kilometers from Uganda in the south of Egypt to the north. Other major tributaries of the Nile are the Bahr al Ghazal, Sobat, and Atbarah rivers.


 * Environmental Issues:** Sudan is suffering from inadequate supplies of portable water, declining wildlife populations because of warfare and excessive hunting, soil erosion, desertification, and periodic droughts.


 * Geographical Regions:** Sudan has two distinct parts in his country, the desert and the Nile Valley. To the east, there is the Nubian Desert and to the west, the Libyan Desert. There is little to no rainfall in these deserts and there are no oases either.


 * Rivers:** The largest river in the world is the Nile River. It flows through Sudan and is the main river within Sudan itself. The Nile flow ss 6,737 kilometers from central Africa to the Mediterranean.

"Geography of Sudan." __Wikipedia__. 16 Apr. 2007. Library of congress country Institutions. 24 Apr. 2007 <

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