Tsaratanana Reserve is a national park of Madagascar.Madagascar National Parks - Tsaratanana The park is located at a high elevation. The park 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. The park also has two waterfalls and thermal baths.
It includes Maromokotro peak which is the highest mountain of Madagascar at wildmadagascar.org - Tsaratanana
The forests in the park are threatened with illegal logging due to obtaining areas for illegal cultivation of marijuana, vanilla and rice.
Geography It is located north of Bealanana in the Diana Region.
The park covers an area of 48,622 ha.
Flora and fauna Most of the park is in the Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion. Some high-elevation areas are in the Madagascar ericoid thickets ecoregion.Tsaratanana. DOPA Explorer. Accessed 28 August 2022.
The park 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.
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