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Andohahela National Park

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58: 823: 65: 198:. It is remarkable for the extremes of habitats that are represented within it. The park covers 760 km (293 sq mi) of the Anosy mountain range, the southernmost spur of the Malagasy Highlands and contains the last humid rainforests in the southern part of Madagascar. 265:, orchids, wild vanilla, lemurs and many birds. The second, Ihazofotsy-Mangatsiaka, contains dry spiny forest with rare birds and reptiles in altitudes ranging from 100 metres (330 ft) to 1,005 metres (3,297 ft) at the summit of 269:. The third zone, Tsimelahy, is mainly at an altitude of 125 metres (410 ft) and contains the unique Ranopiso transitional forest. The mountains form a natural barrier to the moist 775: 273:
that blow from the east, causing on the eastern side a rainfall of 1,500–2,000 millimetres (59–79 in) per year that supports one of the few rainforests south of the
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and at the southern end of the Malagasy Highlands. The park is divided into three zones. The first, Malio, ranges from 100 metres (330 ft) to the summit of
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The variety of habitats within Andohahela is mirrored in the richness of species that are found there, and the park is the richest place in Madagascar for
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Several circuits within each of the habitat types of the park can be accessed by road from the town of Fort-Dauphin.
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Andohahela National Park is 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of
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A view over the transitional forest of Andohahela National Park
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since 1939 but did not become a national park until 1998.
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This park can be accessed by the unpaved Provincial road
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List of lemur species found in Andohahela National Park
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Index

Andohahela
IUCN category
national park
Map showing the location of Andohahela National Park
Anosy
Madagascar
Tôlanaro
24°36′3″S 46°41′58″E / 24.60083°S 46.69944°E / -24.60083; 46.69944
Madagascar National Parks Association
Anosy
Madagascar
World Heritage Site
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
RIP118
Soanierana
protected area
Fort-Dauphin
Pic d' Andohahela
lowland
montane rainforest
tree ferns
Pic de Vohidagoro
trade winds
Tropic of Capricorn
spiny forest

lemurs
ring-tailed lemur
Verreaux's sifaka
geckos

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