Bemarivo River
| Bemarivo River | |
| River | |
 Bemarivo river from Route Nationale 5a | |
| Country |  Madagascar |
|---|---|
| Region | Sava |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Androranga River |
| Cities | Nosiarina, Ambinanybe, Antafiamazava |
| Source | |
| - elevation | 2,100 m (6,890 ft) |
| Mouth | |
| - coordinates | MG 14°08′45″S 50°09′19″E / 14.14583°S 50.15528°ECoordinates: MG 14°08′45″S 50°09′19″E / 14.14583°S 50.15528°E |
| Length | 140 km (87 mi) |
| Basin | 5,400 km2 (2,085 sq mi) |
 Map of Malagasy rivers (Bemarivo flows from the central-northern part to the eastern coast).
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The Bemarivo River is located in northern Madagascar. It drains to the north-eastern coast, into the Indian Ocean. It drains the eastern part of the Tsaratanana Massif and the northern half of the Marojejy Massif.
It is crossed by the RN 5a near Nosiarina. Its mouth is situated in the north of Sambava.
It serves as the northern edge of the territory known as Betsimisaraka.[1] Confusingly, a tributary of the Sofia River is also called the Bemarivo River.[2]
References
- ↑ Madagascar: A Country Study, Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Library of Congress, 1994., accessed 14 August 2008
- ↑ Sparks, J. S. (2008). Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Number 314: 1-151
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