Marrah Mountains

Marrah Mountains

▪ mountains, The Sudan
Arabic  Jabal Marra, 

      mountain range, a rugged volcanic chain extending for 100 miles (160 km) west-southwest of Al-Fāshir, in west-central Sudan. The highest point of the Nile-Lake Chad watershed, the mountains reach heights of more than 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Some intermittent tributaries of the Al-ʿArab River rise on the southern flanks.

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