Draw Sudan from Memory
Test your geography knowledge by drawing Sudan from memory on a blank canvas. Shape comparison scoring is coming soon — practice Sudan's outline in the meantime.
Related Countries in Africa
Why Sudan Looks the Way It Does
Bir Tawil is a wedge of desert that neither Egypt nor Sudan will claim, and its orphanhood explains the border better than any treaty summary. In 1899 the Anglo-Egyptian condominium drew the frontier along the 22nd parallel, a clean line across the sand; in 1902 a second boundary, following tribal use, put the Hala'ib coast under Sudanese administration and the inland Bir Tawil under Egyptian. Each government has since claimed the version that awards it Hala'ib, and because those claims are contradictory, the one area both versions leave out belongs to nobody.
The 22nd parallel is not perfectly straight in practice, because a salient around Wadi Halfa pushes north of it along the Nile, land that Lake Nasser later drowned when the Aswan High Dam closed and its people were resettled at New Halfa. That ruler line, drawn through empty desert by officials in Cairo and London, is what remained when the largest country in Africa lost its south in 2011; Sudan still ranks third on the continent, behind Algeria and the Congo.
The short Red Sea coast in the northeast is the one part of the outline the desert does not explain; it follows the escarpment down to Port Sudan, the outlet through which the Nile valley reaches the sea. Inland, the Blue Nile arrives from the Ethiopian highlands to join the White Nile in the middle of the country, and the merged river is what gave Egypt its flood. Commit the parallel itself to memory: one long straight line for the north, a brief sea notch at its eastern end, and the rest is width.
Quick Facts: Sudan
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Continent
- Africa
- Bordering countries
- 7 countries — Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea
- Area
- 1,886,068 km²
What is "Drawing Sudan from Memory"?
Drawing Sudan from memory means sketching Sudan's border on a blank canvas without looking at a map. Focus on the country's distinctive features and overall shape — that's what pushes your accuracy score up.
Sudan sits in Africa and is rated ★★★ out of 4 for drawing difficulty — a trickier outline with more detail to remember. It connects to 7 neighboring country pages on this site. Border comparison scoring for Sudan is coming soon — the shape tips below will get your mental map sharp before it lands.
Sudan is a vast, broad quadrilateral in northeast Africa, wider than it is tall. It runs from Egypt and Libya in the north to South Sudan in the south, with a short Red Sea coast on the northeast.
How to Draw Sudan from Memory
Step 01
Sketch Sudan as a vast, wide quadrilateral that dominates the northeastern corner of Africa, noticeably broader than it is tall. There is no coast along most of the border, so think of it as a big desert slab defined purely by its land frontiers and one small sea outlet; once Africa's largest country, it is still among the biggest.
Step 02
Give the slab its one distinctive angle in the northeast, where a short Red Sea coastline runs between Egypt and Eritrea. That stubby sea edge is Sudan's only break from pure desert frontier, so draw it as a brief notch and keep it short, because the sea barely touches the country; the Nile's long course through the interior is your mental guide for its spine.
Step 03
Lock the long frontiers with the surrounding countries: Egypt and Libya cap the north, Chad and Central African Republic fill the west, and Ethiopia and Eritrea hold the east, while South Sudan presses the southern border. Keep these lines long and gently curved, steady and uncluttered, and Sudan's broad slab is complete.
A broad desert triangle with a stubby Red Sea tail: wide across the west, angling down to the southeast, its Nile cutting a long slash through the middle.
How Sudan Is Scored
When you hit Reveal & compare, your sketch is measured against Sudan's real border, point by point, in the same canvas space. Three numbers come back:
Matched — the share of the real border your drawing covered. 100% means you traced every part of the outline.
Extra — how much of your drawing fell outside the true border. This catches sketches that are too big, mispositioned, or drifting off.
Missed — the border you didn't reach, the flip side of Matched.
The three combine into a single 0–100 accuracy score. The rating names give you a target: 80+ is Cartographer, 60+ is Border patrol, 40+ is Getting there, and below 40 is Try again.
Automated scoring for Sudan is coming soon. When it ships, drawing large and centered will be the fastest way to raise your score, because a small sketch overlaps less of the true border.
FAQ
- Which countries are Sudan's neighbors?
- Sudan connects to 7 neighboring country pages on this site: Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. Once you've drawn Sudan, try a neighbor next — drawing two shapes side by side locks both into your mental map.
- How hard is it to draw Sudan from memory?
- Sudan is rated ★★★ out of 4 for drawing difficulty — a trickier outline with more detail to remember. Automated scoring is coming soon, so use the shape tips below to practice in the meantime.
- How is my Sudan drawing scored?
- Once Sudan's border data goes live, your sketch will be compared with the real border point by point. You'll get a 0–100 score built from Matched, Missed, and Extra, plus a clear overlay showing where you nailed it and where you drifted.
- Can I draw Sudan on mobile?
- Yes — Sudan works on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Draw with your finger on touchscreens; no app download is required and it runs directly in your browser.