(2015-06) Muhammed Ali Hassan Dahab, Dafalla Siddig Dafalla Wadi
The Matammah area is located in north central Sudan on the western bank of the river Nile. The locality
covers the south western part of river Nile state. The study area covers about 1855Km2. The hydrogeological boundary
of the study area are: khor wedi in the north, river Nile in the east, Sabaloka basements complex from the south,
central Africa shear zone from the west. The land surface in general is largely a plain of low relief, Individual
inselbergs (or jebels) occur sporadically. Drainage pattern in the study area is the Dendritic pattern while the area is
covered by sandy soil, which classified into two main groups including residual and transported soils
