!!!South Sudan: Geography
||Location|East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia
||Geographic Coordinates|8 00 N, 30 00 E[{GoogleMap location='8.0,30.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''644,329 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 644329\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 619745\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 644329\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 644329\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 644330\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 644329''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''5,413 km\\''border countries: ''Central African Republic 989 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 639 km, Ethiopia 934 km, Kenya 232 km, Sudan 2,184 km, Uganda 435 km\\''__note:__ ''South Sudan-Sudan boundary represents 1 January 1956 alignment; final alignment pending negotiations and demarcation; final sovereignty status of Abyei Area pending negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''Lowest point: ''NA\\''highest point: ''Kinyeti 3,187 m
||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Lotuke 2795 m; Konoro 2654 m; Aripewi 2483 m; Jabal Kedong 2445 m; Itibol 2431 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|the terrain gradually rises from plains in the north and center to southern highlands along the border with Uganda and Kenya; the White Nile, flowing north out of the uplands of Central Africa, is the major geographic feature of the country supporting agriculture and extensive wild animal populations; The Sudd (a name derived from floating vegetation that hinders navigation) is a large swampy area of more than 100,000 sq km fed by the waters of the White Nile that dominates the center of the country
||Natural Hazards|NA
||Natural Resource|hydropower, fertile agricultural land, gold, diamonds, petroleum, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver
||Land Use|NA
||Climate|hot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall is heaviest in the upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north
||Irrigated Land|NA
||Renewable Water Resources|NA
||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA
||Environment - international agreements|NA
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Juba; Waw; Malakal; Uwayl; Yei\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Juba; Malakal; Wau; Pajok; Yei\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/South_Sudan/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|The Sudd is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile, comprising more than 15% of the total area; it is one of the world's largest wetlands