Many have already spent a lifetime fighting in the grassy plain on either side of the Upper Nile.

许多士兵已经在上尼罗河两岸的这片草原上战斗了一辈子。

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Suppose this population migrates to a region, like the Upper Nile, where it is an advantage to be very tall.

再假设，种群迁往一个地方——如尼罗河上游，那里的人的特点是身材高大。

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It is deeply concerned about who controls the Nile waters, and does not want the creation of a new state on the upper Nile.

ECONOMIST: Sudan��s chance for peace

If war broke out, it would probably be fought in the disputed oil fields in the borderlands between north and south: in southern Kordofan, Abyei, Unity and the Upper Nile states (see map).

ECONOMIST: South Sudan

Jamam is one of three Upper Nile camps sheltering at least 113, 000 refugees who have crossed the frequently unmarked border to escape a counter-insurgency campaign in neighbouring Blue Nile state conducted by heavily armed Sudanese government troops.

ECONOMIST: A refugee crisis is miserably taking shape