sudd
- noun
- Specialized
- During the rainy season, the sudd can cover vast areas and block navigation.
Examples
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Fishermen often avoid regions where the sudd is especially dense and difficult to cross.
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The explorers struggled to move their boat through the thick sudd on the river.
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The sudd in the Nile can create navigation challenges.
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Many boats are stuck in the dense sudd.
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The explorers struggled to move their boat through the thick sudd on the river.
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During the rainy season, the sudd can cover vast areas and block navigation.
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Fishermen often avoid regions where the sudd is especially dense and difficult to cross.
Synonyms
A large pile of logs that blocks a river's flow
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sudd comes from the Arabic word sadd, which means 'barrier' or 'to block'. So a sudd is like a natural 'barrier' of plants that can stop boats and block a river.