sudd

[suhd]

noun

1. (in the White Nile) floating vegetable matter that often obstructs navigation.

sudd

/ sʌd /

noun

1. floating masses of reeds and weeds that occur on the White Nile and obstruct navigation

Word History and Origins

Origin of sudd¹

1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction

Word History and Origins

Origin of sudd¹

C19: from Arabic, literally: obstruction

Example Sentences

Eventually they got stuck in the Sudd, a giant swampy region in South Sudan.

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If it does, Palmer says, warming will beget more methane emissions from the Sudd, which in turn could fuel more warming and rains—a positive feedback loop.

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Last year, following earlier work from Palmer that first highlighted the Sudd as a methane source, South Sudan proposed achieving its climate goals by finishing the Jonglei Canal, abandoned in the 1980s, which would divert water from the Sudd to Egypt.

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But draining the Sudd might just replace its methane emissions with carbon dioxide generated as newly exposed peat decomposes, while doing immeasurable damage to its ecosystem, Darbyshire says.

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Studies are now implicating the Sudd in South Sudan, the continent’s largest swamp and a region researchers have been unable to study on the ground because of the long-term conflict in the region.

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