The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
Andrea Zerboni,Filippo Brandolini,Guido S. Mariani,Alessandro Perego,Sandro Salvatori,Donatella Usai,Manuela Pelfini,Martin Williams +7 more
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Khartoum is one of the largest cities in Africa, located immediately south of the junction of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan as discussed by the authors, and the growth of the Greater Khartoum-Omdurman conurbatio...Abstract:
Khartoum is one of the largest cities in Africa, located immediately south of the junction of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan. The growth of the Greater Khartoum-Omdurman conurbatio...read more
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