Chowilla Game Reserve

{{Other uses| Chowilla (disambiguation){{!}} Chowilla }}

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| name = Chowilla Game Reserve

| state = sa

| iucn_category = vi

| iucn_ref = {{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}

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| nearest_town_or_city = Renmark

| area = 18.176

| area_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b88e6e26-4bd9-4c68-8fff-9e800114eb69/park-management-protected-areas-gen.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=8 January 2015}}

| established = 4 April 1993

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| managing_authorities = Department for Environment and Water

| url = http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Murray_River/Chowilla_Game_Reserve_Regional_Reserve

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Chowilla Game Reserve is a protected area covering the floodplain on the north side of the River Murray in South Australia from about {{convert|8|km|abbr=off}} north-east of Renmark to the New South Wales border. It was proclaimed 8 April 1993 in conjunction with the Chowilla Regional Reserve, after a community consultation process which recommended that "hunting of waterfowl be a permitted activity in selected areas of the Chowilla floodplain". The game reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.{{Gazetteer of Australia|name= Chowilla Game Reserve |feature= SA0013901 }}{{Citation | author1=South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Murraylands Region | title=Chowilla Regional Reserve and Chowilla Game Reserve management plan : Murraylands, South Australia | publication-date=1995 |page=1| publisher=The Dept | isbn=978-0-7308-4697-0 }}{{Citation | author1=Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA) | author2=South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage | title=South Australia's waters an atlas & guide | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Boating Industry Association of South Australia | isbn=978-1-86254-680-6|pages=147–152}}

The Chowilla floodplain is also protected as part of the Riverland Ramsar site,{{cite web | title=Riverland Ramsar site | website= Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia | date=2020 | url=https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/managing-natural-resources/wetlands/Riverland_Ramsar_site | access-date=20 June 2021}} designated by the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.{{cite web | title=New partnership to restore Riverland Ramsar site (Commonwealth Environmental Water Office media release) | website=Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australia | date=2 December 2020 | url=http://www.environment.gov.au/ | access-date=20 June 2021}}