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Title: Fringing swamps on the White Nile, Jonglei state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: swamps, vegetation, inland waters, Jonglei state, Nile river
 
Title: The submerged Sunut Forest wetland in the metropolitan Khartoum area, August 2006
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The flooding of the Nile is an annual natural event

Keywords: forests, Khartoum, Jebel Bawzer (Sunut) Forest, Khartoum state, Nile river
 
Title: On the main Nile in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: One of the causes of riverbank erosion is the increased frequency of sand dune migration into the Nile, as the rapid influx of sand alters the riverflow, resulting in downstream erosion as well as sediment deposition

Keywords: land degradation, sand dunes, disasters, man-made disasters, natural disasters, Nile river, Northern state, shore erosion
 
Title: Riverbank erosion removed the supports of this irrigation pump intake system within months of its installation
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Without mitigatory measures, this site is not suitable for such a project

Keywords: irrigation, disasters, man-made disasters, natural disasters, general water issues, Nile river, shore erosion
 
Title: The Jebel Berkel archeological site in Northern state - a thin irrigated strip of date palms borders the Nile in the background
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The Nile has supported agriculture in the Sahara desert for over 5000 years, but upstream dam construction is threatening the existence of this ancient and previously sustainable form of cultivation

Keywords: agricultural resources, agriculture, land degradation, Nile river, Nile riverine strip, Northern state, dams, shore erosion
 
Title: Encroaching sand dunes in Arji, in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The dunes threaten to smother the narrow strip of arable land along the Nile's flood plain, which sustains thousands of communities

Keywords: agriculture, desertification, sand dunes, Nile river, Nile riverine strip, Northern state
 
Title: A Mundari tribe cattle camp by the White Nile in Central Equatoria at the start of the wet season in 2006
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: grazing, livestock, pasture, land degradation, Bahr el Jabal, Bahr el Jabal (Central Equatoria) state, Nile river, livelihoods, ethnicity
 
Title: Brick kilns on the banks fo the Blue Nile, in El Gezira state
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: The brick-making industry is a major market for fuelwood

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, wood fuels, El Gezira state, Nile river, livelihoods