Chelkou Game Reserve

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

Chelkou Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Location in South Sudan
Nearest cityAweil
Coordinates9.6°N 26°E / 9.6; 26

The highest and the most prominent mountain is Jabal Kurkura.[3]

References

  1. World Database on Protected Areas
  2. 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.
  3. "Chelkou Game Reserve". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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