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Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a South African national park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 mi) from east to west.
The area was first designated a protected area in 1896 by the German Governor of Tanganyika Hermann von Wissmann, and became a hunting reserve in 1905.The reserve was named after Frederick Selous, a famous big game hunter and early conservationist, who died at Beho Beho in this territory in 1917 while fighting against the Germans during World War I.
Selous Game Reserve established: [12] 1922 world heritage: 1982 area: 44,800 km² miombo woodland, open wooded grassland, riverine swamps 80–1,300 m African wild dog, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, hippopotamus, buffalo, crocodile, white rhinoceros, largest game reserve in Africa; 350 bird species Uwanda Game Reserve established: 1971
The part of Selous game reserve is now running a hydro electric power. The park has a great river known as Rufiji River. Rufiji is Tanzania's largest river and is home to many crocodiles and hippopotamuses. It is also one of largest mangrove forests in the world located at its delta.
Some nations also have considerable areas designated as private parks, game reserves, forest reserves, marine reserves, national reserves and natural parks. These are not included in the list below, even though some of these may resemble some national parks. For more information on such zones, see the individual articles on each country.
The largest protected areas – those exceeding an area of 250,000 square kilometres – are listed below in order of total area protected. [3] All are marine protected areas except for Northeast Greenland National Park – which is mostly terrestrial but also has a marine component – and three entirely terrestrial biosphere reserves in Brazil.
A game reserve (also known as a game park) is a large area of land where wild animals are hunted in a controlled way for sport. [1] If hunting is prohibited, a game reserve may be considered a nature reserve; however, the focus of a game reserve is specifically the animals , whereas a nature reserve is also, if not equally, concerned with all ...
Hwange National Park (formerly Wankie Game Reserve) is the largest natural reserve in Zimbabwe. It is around 14,600 sq km in area. It is around 14,600 sq km in area. It lies in the northwest of the country, just off the main road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls .