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Encyclopedia > Deriba crater

The Deriba Crater is at the highest point of Jebel Marra in Darfur, in the West of Sudan, at an elevation of 3,042 m (9,980 ft). Depending on which article one reads, it is between 5km and 8km in diameter across the outer crater.


Geocode for Deriba Lakes, Jebel Marra, Darfur, Sudan
Latitude: 12.9666667 / Longitude: 24.2666667
Latitude 12.95° / Longitude: N 24.27° E
Cut and paste this into the Search box on Google Earth : 12.9666667 24.2666667

The inner and outer craters, Deriba Crater, Jebel Marra, Darfur, Sudan
The inner and outer craters, Deriba Crater, Jebel Marra, Darfur, Sudan

The following pages link to Deriba Crater :-


Darfur
Marrah Mountains Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ... Marrah Mountains (Arabic: Jebel Marra meaning bad mountain) is a range of volcanic peaks rising up to 3,000 m, in the center of the Darfur region of Sudan. ...


The following are other interesting articles about the crater :-


Maps & Images
Location map (small scale) : [1]
Satellite image (large scale) : [2]
Oblique aerial photo on page 27 (large scale) : [3]


Volcanics
Abstract : [4] Tephra catalog of the world (about 26 lines down) : [5] Global Volcanism Program : [6] Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hotspots, and plate tectonics : [7] Comparing Jebel Marra with a volcanoes on Mars (Alba Patera): [8]


Hydrothermal Power potential
(UNESCO) Fact-finding mission to Sudan, 8-20 May 2001: for an investigation of Sudan's Geothermal Resources, The Jebel Marra Area : [9]


Mosquitoes
The Culex mosquitos of the Sudan : [10]


Other articles
The Jebel Marra, Darfur, and Its Region J. H. G. Lebon, V. C. Robertson The Geographical Journal, Vol. 127, No. 1 (Mar., 1961), pp. 30-45 [11]


Notes on Jebel Marra, Darfur H. F. C. Hobbs The Geographical Journal, Vol. 52, No. 6 (Dec., 1918), pp. 357-363 [12]


Sources of Water in the North-Western Sudan K. S. Sandford The Geographical Journal, Vol. 85, No. 5 (May, 1935), pp. 412-431 [13]



 

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