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Bemarivo River

Coordinates: 14°08′45″S 50°09′19″E / 14.14583°S 50.15528°E / -14.14583; 50.15528
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Bemarivo River
Bemarivo river from Route Nationale 5a
Map of Malagasy rivers (Bemarivo flows from the central-northern part to the eastern coast).
Location
CountryMadagascar
RegionSava
CitiesNosiarina, Ambinanybe, Antafiamazava
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Biempoko
 • elevation2,219 m (7,280 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Indian Ocean
 • coordinates
14°08′45″S 50°09′19″E / 14.14583°S 50.15528°E / -14.14583; 50.15528
Length140 km (87 mi)
Basin size4,833.6 km2 (1,866.3 sq mi)[1] to 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average(Period: 1971–2000)176.3 m3/s (6,230 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River systemBemarivo River
Tributaries 
 • rightAndroranga, Marerano, Anjialava

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.

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

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  1. ^ a b "Madagascar".
  2. ^ Riviere Bemarivo-Sambava
  3. ^ Helen Chapin Metz, ed., Madagascar: A Country Study, Library of Congress, 1994., accessed 14 August 2008
  4. ^ 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