Geography Of Sudan

Location	Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Geographic coordinates	15 00 N, 30 00 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 2,505,810 sq km water: 129,810 sq km land: 2.376 million sq km
Area comparative	slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US
Land boundaries	total: 7,687 km border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km
Coastline	853 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 18 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)
Terrain	generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast and west; desert dominates the north
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Red Sea 0 m highest point: Kinyeti 3,187 m
Natural resources	petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 6.83% permanent crops: 0.18% other: 92.99% (2001)
Irrigated land	19,500 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	dust storms and periodic persistent droughts
Environment - current issues	inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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