The main objective of the First Environmental Conference, currently in session here, is to assess the impact of the various environmental challenges that made Khartoum, Sudan's national capital, a dusty town though it lies between the two rivers, the Blue Nile and the White Nile.

Falling in the area with scarce rainfall of between 139-159 mm/year, the town falls in the desert and semi desert area, with sandy and sandy desertified soil and clay, but with abundant underground water originating in the Nubian sandy stone basic which is characterized by water accessibility in reasonable quantities, according to a study by the Khartoum State's Higher Council for Environment. Its temperature in summer rises above 40 degrees centigrade and decreases below 11 degrees in winter with a persistent wind raising dust in winter and autumn with dust suspended overhead for nearly six months each year.

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