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Tsaratanana Reserve

Coordinates: 13°57′47″S 48°50′56″E / 13.963°S 48.849°E / -13.963; 48.849[2]
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Tsaratanana Reserve
Map showing the location of Tsaratanana Reserve
Map showing the location of Tsaratanana Reserve
Map of Madagascar
LocationDiana Region, Madagascar
Coordinates13°57′47″S 48°50′56″E / 13.963°S 48.849°E / -13.963; 48.849[2]
Area486.22 km2 (187.73 sq mi)
Designated31 December 1927
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Tsaratanana Reserve is a nature reserve of Madagascar.[3] The park is located at a high altitude and is closed to the public.[3] The reserve provides a significant amount of water to the area, and many rivers exist in the area, such as the Bemarivo River, Sambirano River and the Ramena or Mahavavy River.[3] The reserve also has two waterfalls and thermal baths.[3]

It includes Maromokotro peak which is the highest mountain of Madagascar at 2,876 m (9,436 ft)[4]

The forests in the park are threatened with illegal logging due to obtaining areas for illegal cultivation of marijuana, vanilla and rice.

Geography

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It is located 57 km (35 mi) north of Bealanana in the Diana Region.

The park covers an area of 48,622 ha.[5]

Flora and fauna

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Most of the park is in the Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion. Some high-elevation areas are in the Madagascar ericoid thickets ecoregion.[6]

The reserve is home to animal species that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, including at least four species of endangered frogs: Rhombophryne guentherpetersi, Rhombophryne ornata, Rhombophryne tany, and Cophyla alticola.[7]

References

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  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Tsaratanana from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 28 August 2022. [1]
  2. ^ "Tsaratanana Strict Nature Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
  3. ^ a b c d Madagascar National Parks - Tsaratanana Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ wildmadagascar.org - Tsaratanana
  5. ^ "The strict reserve of Tsaratanana". www.fapbm.org. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  6. ^ Tsaratanana. DOPA Explorer. Accessed 28 August 2022.
  7. ^ "A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it". Mongabay Environmental News. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2021-02-19.