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=== Location ===
Khartoum is located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zerboni |first1=Andrea |last2=Brandolini |first2=Filippo |last3=Mariani |first3=Guido S. |last4=Perego |first4=Alessandro |last5=Salvatori |first5=Sandro |last6=Usai |first6=Donatella |last7=Pelfini |first7=Manuela |last8=Williams |first8=Martin A.J. |date=2021-07-28 |title=The Khartoum-Omdurman conurbation: a growing megacity at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers |journal=Journal of Maps |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=227–240 |doi=10.1080/17445647.2020.1758810 |bibcode=2021JMaps..17..227Z |s2cid=219435266 |doi-access=free|hdl=2434/729918 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> 

Khartoum is relatively flat, at elevation {{cvt|385|m}},<ref name="dto">{{cite web |title=Khartoum Elevation (385m) |website=distancesto.com |url=https://www.distancesto.com/elevation/sd/khartoum/history/14508.html |date=2018 |access-date=2018-01-28 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141724/https://www.distancesto.com/elevation/sd/khartoum/history/14508.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as the Nile flows northeast past Omdurman to [[Shendi]], at elevation {{cvt|364|m}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Shendi Elevation (364m) |website=distancesto.com |url=https://www.distancesto.com/elevation/sd/shendi-latitude-longitude/history/49674.html |date=2018 |access-date=2018-01-28 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141549/https://www.distancesto.com/elevation/sd/shendi-latitude-longitude/history/49674.html |url-status=live }}</ref> about {{cvt|163|km}} away.