page_title: Kijereshi Game Reserve
section_title: Vegetation
hierarchical_section_title: Kijereshi Game Reserve / Vegetation, Climate and Soil / Vegetation
caption_attribution_description: English: Kijereshi Game Reserve Vegetation map as per FAO landscape categories
context_page_description: Kijereshi Game Reserve is part of Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem which forms an integral part of the Western Corridor for the Great wildebeest migration. The reserve is at the western end of the wildebeest migration transit route, becoming a part of the "wet season transition phase". The reserve stands as a last turning point of wildebeest migration in the Tanzania side where migrant’s with their calves passes between May and July yearly depending on the rains.
  The Kijereshi Game Reserve covers nearly 66 square kilometres of lush and open plains. The reserve was gazetted on 10ᵗʰ June 1994 following the Tanzania Government Notice No. 215. Protection of the area dates back 1964 when it was Maswa Game Controlled Area and later upgraded to game reserve due to its ecological and social – economical values. Additionally, the reserve is categorised as Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources under IUCN categories of protected areas.
  The name of Kijereshi came from the village bordering the reserve known as Kijilishi, a Sukuma tribe word with no specific meaning.
context_section_description: The reserve is dominated by open grassland vegetation, however the Geographic Information System Unit from TAWA has categorised the reserve into three categories of vegetation namely riverine forest, open grassland and wooded grassland.
caption: Kijereshi Game Reserve vegetation map.
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