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A floating mass of vegetation that often obstructs navigation in tropical rivers.

[Arabic, obstruction, sudd, from sadda, to obstruct; see dd in Semitic roots.]

sudd [sʌd]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) floating masses of reeds and weeds that occur on the White Nile and obstruct navigation

[from Arabic, literally: obstruction]

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No references found			In the background, the ominous red and white striped chimneys of the Thar Jath oil processing facility dominate the flat landscape of the Sudd wetlands, a UN-protected site of swamps and flood plains covering 11,000 square miles. From blood to oil, the curse of a Sudanese village by AFP / AFP Global Edition The pollution caused by the oil industry also threatens the Sudd tropical wetlands which cover a 30,000 kilometer area. Oil contaminates Sudan's White Nile marshes by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) Os torrwch chi'r coesyn, mi fydd yna sudd llaethog, gwyn yn llifo. Yr Hydref ar ei hald; BYD NATUR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			suction lipectomy suction pad Suction pipe suction pump suction stop suction valve Suctoria suctorial suctorian Suctorious SUD Sudafed Sudamina Sudan Sudanese Sudanese monetary unit Sudanese pound Sudanic sudarium Sudary sudate Sudation sudatorium sudatory Sudbury sudd sudden sudden adult death syndrome sudden death sudden death overtime sudden infant death syndrome sudden-death suddenly suddenness Suddenty Sudeten Sudetenland Sudetes sudoku sudor Sudoral sudoriferous sudoriferous gland Sudoriferous glands sudorific Sudoriparous Sudorous Sudra suds sudser sudsy			Sudbury Sudbury Sudbury Sudbury and District Health Unit Sudbury and Manitoulin Training and Adjustment Board Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association Sudbury Basin Joint Venture Sudbury Camp Joint Venture Sudbury Catholic District School Board Sudbury Centre Improvement Advisory Committee Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty Sudbury Deposits Sudbury Education Resource Network Sudbury Game and Fish Protective Association Sudbury Maynard Stow Youth Hockey Sudbury Minor Hockey Association Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Sexual Assault Crisis Centre Sudbury Theatre Center Sudbury Ultimate Club Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers Sudbury Valley School Sudbury, England Sudbury, England Sudbury, Ontario, Canada SUDC sudd Sudd Swamp Sudd Swamp sudden sudden sudden Sudden & Accidental Sudden acquired retinal degeneration Sudden acquired retinal degeneration Sudden acquired retinal degeneration Sudden acquired retinal degeneration Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome Sudden adult death syndrome Sudden adult death syndrome Sudden adult death syndrome Sudden adult death syndrome Sudden and Serious Sudden antenatal death syndrome Sudden arrhythmia death syndrome Sudden arrhythmia death syndrome Sudden arrhythmia death syndrome Sudden arrhythmia death syndrome Sudden Aspen Decline Sudden Attack Sudden Blowout Sudden Brake Lamp Controller sudden burst Sudden cardiac arrest Sudden cardiac arrest Sudden cardiac arrest

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