| Tsaratanana Reserve | |
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| Location | Diana Region, Madagascar |
| Coordinates | 13°57′47″S 48°50′56″E / 13.963°S 48.849°E[2] |
| Area | 486.22 km2 (187.73 sq mi) |
| Designated | 31 December 1927 |
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Tsaratanana Reserve is a nature reserve of Madagascar.[3] The park is located at a high altitude and is closed to the public.[3] The reserve 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.[3] The reserve also has two waterfalls and thermal baths.[3]
It includes Maromokotro peak which is the highest mountain of Madagascar at 2,876 m (9,436 ft)[4]
The forests in the park are threatened with illegal logging due to obtaining areas for illegal cultivation of marijuana, vanilla and rice.
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Tsaratanana from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 28 August 2022. [1]
- ^ "Tsaratanana Strict Nature Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
- ^ a b c d Madagascar National Parks - Tsaratanana Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ wildmadagascar.org - Tsaratanana