Chelkou Game Reserve

Chelkou Game Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Chelkou Game Reserve

Location in South Sudan

Nearest city Aweil
Coordinates 9°36′N 26°00′E / 9.6°N 26°ECoordinates: 9°36′N 26°00′E / 9.6°N 26°E

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]

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.