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  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the climatic region of Sudan in Africa
  • adjective Pertaining to the Sudanian language.

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Examples

  • The southern zone, often referred to as the Sudanian zone, receives between 600 and

    ScreenTalk 2010

  • The southern zone, often referred to as the Sudanian zone, receives between 600 and

    unknown title 2009

  • The southern zone, often referred to as the Sudanian zone, receives between 600 and

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  • In his view, its use may be tied to a historical period when they borrowed a widespread Central-Sudanian metaphor in which a tree's trunk or base stump was symbolically associated with one's matriclan. 52 Kati and Northeast-Coastal Bantu-speaking peoples retained this word.

    Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

  • The area is typically Sahelo-Sudanian, with summer monsoon rains.

    'W' National Park, Niger 2009

  • This narrow transition zone marks an abrupt habitat discontinuity between the extensive Congolian rain forests and Sudanian/Sahelian grasslands.

    Ecoregions of Uganda (WWF) 2009

  • This narrow transition zone marks an abrupt habitat discontinuity between the extensive Congolian rain forests and Sudanian/Sahelian grasslands.

    Ecoregions of Congo, Democratic Republic of (WWF) 2009

  • East Sudanian savanna (AT0705) reaches down from the north to encompass much of northern Uganda and reaching further south to encompass Lake Albert in the west to near Mount Elgon National Park in the east.

    Ecoregions of Uganda (WWF) 2009

  • The plateau of Bandiagara is covered in a typically Sudanian savanna flora, including communities of Daniellia oliveri in association with Butyrospermum parkii, Parkia biglobosa, Terminalia macroptera, Khaya senegalensis, Vitex cienkowskii, Prosopis africana and brush species such as Combretum micranthum, Heeria insignis and Guiera senegalensis.

    Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali 2009

  • The area around Lake Albert is included within the East Sudanian savanna ecoregion.

    Lake Albert, Africa 2009

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