Sudan (region)
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[[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]]
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