Sudan (region) 385081 220600521 2008-06-20T17:20:40Z Dbachmann 86857 cat {{Merge|Sudanian Savanna|date=June 2008}} [[Image:SudanRegionGambia.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Typical landscape of the Sudan region]] :''For the country in north-east Africa see [[Sudan]]''. The '''Sudan''', from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''bilâd as-sûdân'' "land of the [[Blacks]]," is a geographic region in West and Eastern [[Africa]]. The phrase "The Sudan" is also used by some to refer specifically to the country [[Sudan]], the savanna of which forms much of the larger region. The Sudan extends in a band across Africa from [[Mali]] (formerly known as [[French Sudan]] when it was a [[French colony]]) in the west to the western edge of the [[Ethiopian Highlands]] in the east. To the north lies the [[Sahel]], a more arid [[Acacia]] savanna region which in turn borders the [[Sahara]] desert, and to the east Ethiopia (called ''al-Ḥabašah'' in Arabic). The grass in the Sudan is longer than in the Sahel, and because the region receives more rainfall than the Sahel it is more suitable for [[farming]]. The region is divided by the [[Cameroon Highlands]] into eastern and western halves. To the south of the western part is the Guinea forest-savanna mosaic. To the east in [[Sudan]] are the [[Sudd]] flooded grasslands, and to the south the [[Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic]]. ==See also== *[[Sudanian Savanna]] [[Category:Divided regions]] [[Category:Regions of Africa]] [[Category:Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]] [[Category:Black Africa]] {{AfricaW-geo-stub}} {{AfricaE-geo-stub}} [[af:Soedan (gebied)]] [[frp:Sodan (règ·ion)]] [[bs:Sudan (regija)]] [[cy:Swdan (rhanbarth)]] [[de:Großlandschaft Sudan]] [[fr:Nigritie]] [[hr:Sudan (regija)]] [[is:Súdan (heimshluti)]] [[it:Sudan (regione)]] [[nl:Soedan (regio)]] [[ja:歴史的スーダン]] [[pl:Sudan (region)]] [[ru:Судан (регион)]] [[sl:Sudan (regija)]] [[sr:Судан (регија)]] [[sh:Sudan (regija)]] [[fi:Sudan (alue)]] [[vi:Sudan (khu vực)]] [[ur:بلاد سودان]] [[vec:Sudan (rejon)]] [[wo:Sudaan (diwaan)]] [[zh:苏丹草原]]