B Bowl or De pression Forests occur where there is sufficient 

 runoff *of"T^e7-fro!n surrounding slopes. These are .he Azza Forest 

 in M-ridi District, and the Lotti and Laboni Forests oi the Acholi 

 Hills. These approach the true climatic rain forests of the Congo. 



C . Cloud Forests of the Sudan axe limited to the higher 

 reaches oTTHe ftongotona and Imatong Mountains. 



7. Swamps and Grassland Districts 



A Permanent Swamps are chiefly the vast Sudd area of the 

 White Ni le and oih eTITr smaller rivers. These are of lesser 

 importance for the present study. 



B Seasonally Inundated Land, or toich, along the White Nile 

 and it; triUAaries , supports tHTvast cattle herds of the Dinka 

 Sd Nuers! Tree growth is inhibited and vast grass meadows stretch 

 ?S the hokzon! A foot or so of water covers these meadows during 

 the rains! Sther seasonally inundated land along the Blue Nile 

 supports sunt forest. 



C. Grasslands as such are negligible in the Sudan except for 

 the toic h and c^.efor ested areas or recently abandoned cultivation. 

 Short iSrf occurs on roclcy hills, plateau, and ironstone pans. 



D Moimtain meadows on shallow soil high in the Imatongand 

 Donr^otonalto^STtSnTT^TIt^n grasses and herbs growing to a height 

 of three feet. 



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