The waters of the White Nile travel from Lake Victoria in Uganda, which is fed by other rivers further south. But the ‘White Nile’ itself starts at Lake No in South Sudan, from where the river makes its way northwards to Khartoum. The Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in the highlands of Ethiopia. This river enters Sudan on its eastern border and flows to Khartoum. Here, the two rivers meet and become one – the Nile. The waters of the White Nile travel from Lake Victoria in Ugand

Sudan has a tropical sub-continental climate, which is characterized by a wide range of variations extending from the desert climate in the north through a belt of summer- rain climate to an equatorial climate in the extreme south. The average annual rainfall is 416 mm, but ranges between 25 mm in the dry north and over 1 600 mm in the tropical rain forests in the south. Sudan is generally self-sufficient in basic foods, albeit with important inter-annual and geographical var