Sudah - Jebel Al Dair National Park

Jebel Al Dair National park is located at Er Rahad Locality in the South Eastern corner of Northern Kordofan State. It covers a total area of 615.460 km², falls within the northern limits of the dry savannah woodland – grassland. Its annual rainfall ranges between 250 mm and 600 mm starting at late May with a peak in August and diminishes towards the end of October. Jebel AL Dair, as the name designates, appears from a distance as a group of mountain tops, clustering in a circular form, with several peaks of varying heights, some of which rise up to over 1400 m. above sea level. The park contains a variety of habitats in four distinct biophysical environments with their specific fauna and flora, including the higher elevation slopes and escarpments (at 900 to 1424 m), Fawas or enclosed flat plains between the grouping humps and peaks of the massif (at 900- 1200 m), upland valleys and streams (at 800-1200 m and the lower slopes down the foot hills (at 500-800 m).