Geography of Sudan | Sudan Borders
Sudan is located in northeastern Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Sudan is the third largest country in Africa. It had been the largest until the 2011 independence of South Sudan.
Land boundaries
The length of Sudan’s borders is 6,751 kilometers. Border countries are:
- 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)
Natural resources
Petroleum is Sudan’s major natural resource. The country also has significant deposits of chromium ore, copper, iron ore, mica, silver, gold, tungsten, and zinc.
The Nile is the dominant geographic feature of Sudan, flowing 3,000 kilometers from Uganda in the south to Egypt in the north. Most of the country lies within its catchment basin. The Blue Nile and the White Nile, originating in the Ethiopian highlands and the Central African lakes, respectively, join at Khartoum to form the Nile River proper that flows to Egypt. Other major tributaries of the Nile are the Bahr el Ghazal, Sobat, and Atbarah rivers.