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African bush elephant migration route, one page

Drawing the map.

AnimalRecordedDaysDistanceLongest dayCountries
AM1102007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127232,637 km17 km2
AM2392007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127232,216 km17 km1
AM932007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127212,384 km17 km2
AM992007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127202,460 km16 km1
AM2542007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127181,957 km16 km1
AM912007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127152,326 km16 km2
AM1052007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-127142,843 km21 km1
AM1082007-08-13 ~ 2009-03-045401,855 km26 km1
AM3072008-03-03 ~ 2009-08-124501,330 km18 km1
AM2532007-08-13 ~ 2008-12-104391,227 km19 km1
AM3082008-03-11 ~ 2009-08-114141,119 km14 km1
AM2552007-08-13 ~ 2008-10-224061,204 km15 km1

Distance adds up straight lines between one point per day. The real path was longer.

Slotow R, Thaker M, Vanak AT. 2019. Data from: Fine-scale tracking of ambient temperature and movement reveals shuttling behavior of elephants to water. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.403h24q5

Data: Movebank Data Repository. Map: Natural Earth. One point per day.