To browse Academia. Skip to main content. You're using an out-of-date version of Internet Explorer. Log In Sign Up. Sudan: Country in Perspective. Response to Darfur The White and Blue Nile rivers, and their tributaries, flow through the eastern and southern regions of the country.
The two rivers merge in Khartoum to form the Nile. From Khartoum, the river flows northward to Egypt. Mountains dot the landscape along the Red Sea coast to the northeast and along the western border with Chad.
When referring to the Republic of the Sudan, this guide will simply use the term Sudan. Terms like northern Sudan or southern Sudan refer to regions within that country. These deserts are divided by the narrow but fertile Nile River Valley. The Libyan Desert is mostly sand dunes and makes up the northeastern part of the Sahara that extends to Libya, Egypt, and Sudan.
Mount al-Uwaynat, the highest point of the desert at 1, m 6, ft , is located where these three countries converge. This sandstone plateau is rocky with few sand dunes and many wadis, or dry river valleys.
Annual rainfall in the desert averages less than 13 cm 5 in. This rocky coastal strip is a mixture of salt marshes and desert. The coastal plain ranges in width from 24 km 15 mi in the north to 56 km 35 mi in the south.
