Wildlife of Sudan

Sudan is located in northeastern Africa, with an 853 km (530 mi) coastline bordering on the Red Sea.

In the west, the Marrah Mountains are the highest part of Sudan, while in the east lie the Red Sea Hills.

The wet season in the north occurs between June and September while it arrives earlier and lasts longer in the south.

The temperature is high all year round, with the hottest weather occurring at the end of the dry season.

[3] The Nile basin in the south receives more rainfall, and the grass is lush, providing grazing for herds of cattle.

[3] A characteristic tree which grows in woodland and beside seasonal water-courses in the Marrah Mountains is the winter thorn (Faidherbia albida).

Here beds of reeds are interspersed by areas of aquatic vegetation including water hyacinth and papyrus, grasses and scrub.

In the Western Desert, Barbary sheep, Arabian oryx, ostriches and red-fronted gazelles are also hunted, as well as ducks, guineafowl, bustards and doves.

[3] The Suakin Archipelago National Park is a cluster of islands off the coast in the Red Sea and is a marine protected area of 579 square miles.