Geographical landmarks

Physical Features
Darfur covers an area of some 190,420 sq miles (about the size of France.) It is mostly covered in desert and mountainous regions There are four main features of the physical geography. The whole eastern half of Darfur is covered with plains and low hills of sandy soils, known as goz, and sandstone hills. To the north the goz is overtaken by the desert sands of the Sahara. Western Darfur is dominated by the third feature, basement rock, sometimes covered with a thin layer of sandy soil. The fourth and final feature are the Marrah Mountains, volcanic plugs created by a massif, that rise up to a peak at Deriba crater where there is a small area of temperate climate, high rainfall and permanent springs of water.