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Sudan: Nile River
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The primary natural resources of Sudan are water, supplied by the Nile River system, and fertile soil. Large areas of cultivable land are situated in the region between the Blue Nile and the ‘Aţbarah and between the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Other cultivable land is in the narrow Nile Valley and in the valleys of the plains region. Irrigation is extensively employed in these areas. Sudan has significant reserves of petroleum, chromite, gold, and iron ore.
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Land degradation, in part linked with deforestation, is dramatically reducing the capacity of Sudan's existing dams, due to sedimentation. The Sennar dam on the Blue Nile has lost 60 per cent of its capacity with the Khashm el Girba dam on the Atbara River down by over 50 per cent.
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In 1988 an estimated 17,000 young refugees fled the civil war in Sudan to safety in Ethiopia. When the Marxist Mengistu govenment fell in Ethiopia in 1991, these "lost boys" were forced to flee back to Sudan, crossing the Gilo River and risking violence and starvation. John Deng Langbany, a refugee who was five years old when he left Sudan, tells the story of the journey from Sudan to Ethiopia, and ultimately, to the US.»
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