Chelkou Game Reserve Explained

Chelkou Game Reserve
Iucn Category:VI
Established:1939
Map:South Sudan#Africa
Label:Chelkou Game Reserve
Relief:y
Location:South Sudan
Nearest City:Aweil
Governing Body:South Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)
Area:5500km2
Embedded:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:08
Marker:natural

The Chelkou Game Reserve is a game reserve established in 1939 in South Sudan.[1] The site has an area of .[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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chelkou. Protected Planet. 2023-02-11.
  2. http://www.wdpa.org/siteSheet.aspx?sitecode=1377 World Database on Protected Areas
  3. Book: United Nations Environment Programme

    . United Nations Environment Programme. United Nations Environment Programme. Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. 2 August 2011. 2007. UNEP/Earthprint. 978-92-807-2702-9. 261, 263–.

  4. Web site: Chelkou Game Reserve. 2020-09-21. PeakVisor. en.