Chelkou Game Reserve

9°36′N 26°0′E / 9.600°N 26.000°E / 9.600; 26.000Area5,500.0 square kilometres (550,000 ha)Established1939Governing bodySouth Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)Map

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]

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[permanent dead link]
  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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