Chelkou Game Reserve

The Chelkou Game Reserve is a game reserve established in 1939 in South Sudan.[1] The site has an area of 5,500 square kilometres (2,100 sq mi).[2] The savannah woodland habitat features key species of Elephant, giant eland, and buffalo. [3]

Chelkou Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Map showing the location of Chelkou Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Chelkou Game Reserve
Chelkou Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Chelkou Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Chelkou Game Reserve
Chelkou Game Reserve
LocationSouth Sudan
Nearest cityAweil
Coordinates9°36′N 26°0′E
Area5,500.0 square kilometres (550,000 ha)
Established1939
Governing bodySouth Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)

The highest and the most prominent mountain is Jabal Kurkura.[4]

References

  1. "Chelkou". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. World Database on Protected Areas
  3. United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. "Chelkou Game Reserve". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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