The region is divided into seven districts as the sub-region and 76 communes in these seven districts. Ihorombe is a region located in mid-south Madagascar. The capital of the region is Ihosy. The region has an area of 26, square kilometers and in the estimated population is , The region is subdivided into three districts and 24 communes in these three districts. Vatovavy Fitovinany is a region in southeastern Madagascar.
The capital of the region is Manakara. The region has an area of 19, square kilometers and in the estimated population is 1,, The region is divided into six districts as sub-region and communes in these three districts. Betsiboka is a region located in mid-north Madagascar. The capital of the region is Maevatanana. The region has an area of 30, square kilometers and in the estimated population is , The region was formed by the division of Mahajanga Province in The region is subdivided into three districts and 36 communes in these three districts.
Boeny is a region in northwestern Madagascar. The capital of the region is Mahajanga city. The region has an area of 31, square kilometers and its estimated population in is , The region is subdivided into six districts and this is divided into 43 communes in six districts. Melaky is a region in northwestern Madagascar. The capital of the region is Maintirano.
The region has an area of 38, square kilometers and in the estimated population is , The region is divided into five districts as the sub-region and 32 communes in these five districts. Sofia is a region in northern Madagascar. The capital of the region is Antsohihy. The region has an area of 50, square kilometers and in the estimated population is 1,, The region is divided into seven districts as sub-regions and communes in these seven districts.
Alaotra-Mangoro is a region in northern Madagascar. The capital of the region is the city of Ambatondrazaka. The region has an area of 31, square kilometers and in the estimated population is 1,, Region was formed by the division of Toamasina Province in The region is subdivided into five districts and in these five districts is divided into 79 communes.
Analanjirofo is a region in northeastern Madagascar. The capital of the region is Fenoarivo Atsinanana. The region is subdivided into six districts and divided into 63 communes in this six district.
Atsinanana is a region in eastern Madagascar. The capital of the region is the city of Toamasina. The region has an area of 21, square kilometers and the estimated population in is 1,, The region is divided into seven districts as sub-regions and 82 communes in these seven districts.
Androy is a region in the southernmost Madagascar. The capital of the region is Ambovombe-Androy. The region has an area of 19, square kilometers and in the estimated population is , Region was formed by the division of Toliara Province in The region is subdivided into four districts and 51 communes in these four districts.
Anosy is a region in southern Madagascar. The region is divided into three districts as sub-regions and 64 communes in these three districts. Menabe is a region in western Madagascar. The capital of the region is Morondava.
Regarding land, the Southern Hemisphere contains all or a portion of five continents , including:. Two hundred million of these million live in Brazil , the largest and most densely populated country in the Southern Hemisphere.
Another million live on the Indonesian island of Java, the most populous island in the world. Because of the Southern Hemisphere demographics, Portuguese is the most spoken language, followed by Spanish and Javanese. The continent of Antarctica contains the geographic South Pole and is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. Madagascar has a number of volcanic lakes, of which only a few are of significant size. The largest is Lake Alaotra in the northeast, on the Ankaratra Plateau.
There is a large saltwater lake, Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, at the southwestern end of the island, near Toliara. The short rivers on the eastern part of the island rush down the steep slopes of the escarpment that borders the coastal plain and either drain into the coastal lagoons or form rapids and waterfalls that cascade into the ocean. These rivers include the Mananara, Faraony, Ivondro, and Maningory. On the western part of the island, the rivers flow sluggishly westward across a broad coastal zone.
The mouths of these rivers—which are longer and larger than those of the rivers in the east—are frequently blocked by sandbars. Arid conditions produce a desert environment in the southernmost part of the island, which is characterized by spiny desert vegetation resembling that found at the same latitude on the African continent. The coastal plain in the eastern part of the country is about 48 kilometers 30 miles wide and is composed of alluvial soil.
The sloping coastal region to the west ranges in width from 97 to kilometers 60 to miles. Some of Madagascar's highest mountains are of volcanic origin, including those of the Tsaratanana and Ankaratra Massifs. To the south, the granite expanse of the Andringitra Massif rises to 2, meters 8, feet at its highest point. The low Ambohitra Mountains at the northernmost part of the island contain a number of volcanic craters.
There are extensive caves underneath the expanses of jagged, needle-like limestone pinnacles, called tsingy , found in parts of the Ankaratra Plateau. The central plateau has average elevations of to 1, meters 2, to 4, feet , but it rises to heights of over 2, meters 8, feet in several places.
Wide areas of the plateau are covered by rounded hills of nearly uniform height, but there is still topographical diversity in these highlands, which include terraced valleys and rolling pastureland. Elevation is gradually steeper in the east, with the Ankaratra Plateau bordered by the sheer Cliff of Angavo the Great Cliff. The descent is more gradual in the south and west. Running parallel to the eastern coast for some kilometers miles is a narrow, artificial waterway called the Pangalanes Canal that links a series of lagoons.
The lemur, Madagascar's most distinctive wildlife species, descended from primates thought to have reached the island by floating on logs millions of years ago. Lemurs on Madagascar evolved independently of monkeys and other primate species. Eveleigh, Mark.
Maverick in Madagascar.
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