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Sudan country profile

Sudan country profile

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Updated: June 4, 2008, 8:01 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

Map of Sudan. (Source: <a href='http://www.eia.doe.gov/' class='external text' title='http://www.eia.doe.gov/' rel='nofollow'>EIA</a>) Map of Sudan. (Source: EIA)

Figure 3. Solar power provides electricity for a field hospital in the rebel-held Nuba Mountains, Sudan, February 2000. (Source: D. Cannell/The Image Works TopFoto) Figure 3. Solar power provides electricity for a field hospital in the rebel-held Nuba Mountains, Sudan, February 2000. (Source: D. Cannell/The Image Works TopFoto)

 

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Sudan
  3. Energy in Sudan
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Ecoregions:
    1. East African montane forests
    2. East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
    3. East Sudanian savanna
    4. Ethiopian montane forests
    5. Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
    6. Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
    7. Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
    8. Sahara desert
    9. Saharan flooded grasslands
    10. Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
    11. South Saharan steppe and woodlands
    12. Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Sudan country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 4, 2008; Last revised Date June 4, 2008; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Sudan_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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