Fanyikang Game Reserve

The Fanyikang Game Reserve is a protected area in South Sudan, Africa.[1][2] It is within a Ramsar site. The 480 square kilometres (190 sq mi) flooded grassland and woodland habitat features key species of Nile Lechwe.[3]

Fanyikang Game Reserve
Fanikang Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Map showing the location of Fanyikang Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Fanyikang Game Reserve
Fanyikang Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Fanyikang Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Fanyikang Game Reserve
Fanyikang Game Reserve
LocationSouth Sudan
Coordinates9°25′0″N 31°25′48″E
Area480 square kilometres (48,000 ha)
Established1939
Governing bodySouth Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)

References

  1. "Fanyikang". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. Fanyikang GeoNames
  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.


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