The Bemarivo River (/be.mari.v/), literally the big shallow, 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.
Bemarivo River | |
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Location | |
Country | Madagascar |
Region | Sava |
Cities | Nosiarina, Ambinanybe, Antafiamazava |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mount Biempoko |
• elevation | 2,219 m (7,280 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Indian Ocean |
• coordinates | 14°08′45″S 50°09′19″E / 14.14583°S 50.15528°E |
Length | 140 km (87 mi) |
Basin size | 4,833.6 km2 (1,866.3 sq mi)[1] to 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | (Period: 1971–2000)176.3 m3/s (6,230 cu ft/s)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Bemarivo River |
Tributaries | |
• right | Androranga, Marerano, Anjialava |
It is crossed by the RN 5a near Nosiarina. Its mouth is situated 17 km[2] north of Sambava.
It serves as the northern edge of the territory known as Betsimisaraka.[3] Confusingly, a tributary of the Sofia River is also called the Bemarivo River (Sofia).[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Madagascar".
- ^ Riviere Bemarivo-Sambava
- ^ Helen Chapin Metz, ed., Madagascar: A Country Study, 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