Andohahela National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location of Andohahela National Park
Location:	Southern Madagascar
Nearest city:	Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin)
Coordinates:	24°26′34″S, 46°43′43″E
Area:	760 km²
Established:	1997
Visitation:	approx. 1300 (in 2005)
Governing body:	Madagascar National Parks Association (PNM-ANGAP)

Andohahela National Park, in southeast Madagascar, is remarkable for the extremes of habitats that are representened within it. The park covers 760 square kilometers of the the Anosy mountain range, the southernmost spur of the Malagasy Highlands. These mountains form a natural barrier to the moist trade winds that blow from the east, causing a rainfall of 1500 to 2000mm per year on their eastern side that supports one of the only rainforests south of the tropic of Capricorn. At the western edge of the park, the rainfall is just 600 to 700mm per year and the resulting vegetation is a dry spiny forest characterisitic of southern Madagascar. In the area between these two climatic extremes is a unique transitional forest known as the Ranopiso transition, which is characterised by the locally endemic triangular palm, Dypsis decaryi. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Download high resolution version (330x717, 12 KB)map of Madagascar, converted directly from CIA World Factbook GIF File links The following pages link to this file: Madagascar Geography of Madagascar Categories: CIA World Factbook images ... The logo of ANGAP, showing the Ring-tailed Lemur Officially known as lAssociation Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP), the Madagascar National Parks Association is charged with managing a network of protected areas in Madagascar. ... Approximate extent of the spiny thickets in Toliara Province, Madagascar. ... Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope. ...

The variety of habitats within Andohahela is mirrored in the richness of species that are found there. Fifteen species of lemur have been recorded, including one of Madagascar's most emblematic species, Verreaux's Sifaka. Image File history File linksMetadata Andohahela_NP.jpg‎ Landscape view of Andohahela National Park, Madagascar File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): List of national parks of Madagascar Andohahela National Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Superfamilies and Families Cheirogaleoidea Cheirogaleidae Lemuroidea Lemuridae Lepilemuridae Indriidae Lemurs are members of a class of primates known as prosimians and make up the infraorder Lemuriformes. ... Binomial name Propithecus verreauxi A. Grandidier, 1867 Verreauxs Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is a medium sized primate in one of the lemur families, Indriidae. ...

Several circuits within each of the habitat types of the park can be accessed by road from the town of Tolagnaro. Detailed information on arranging trips is available from the tourism information office or from the Madagascar National Parks Association (PNM-ANGAP)office in Tolagnaro. Tolanaro Tôlanaro is a small city located in the province of Toliara on the southeastern edge of Madagascar. ... The logo of ANGAP, showing the Ring-tailed Lemur Officially known as lAssociation Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP), the Madagascar National Parks Association is charged with managing a network of protected areas in Madagascar. ...

See also

• National parks of Madagascar

Andohahela National park in southern Madagascar The protected areas network of Madagascar is managed by the Madagascar National Parks Association (PNM-ANGAP). ...

External links

• Andohahela National Park Official site (french only)

National Parks and Reserves of Madagascar

Strict Nature Reserves: Bemaraha • Betampona • Lokobe • Tsaratanana • Zahamena Andohahela National park in southern Madagascar The protected areas network of Madagascar is managed by the Madagascar National Parks Association (PNM-ANGAP). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x824, 324 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ecoregions of Madagascar Ankarana Reserve Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve Masoala National Park Nosy Mangabe List of... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... National parks: Montagne d'Ambre • Andohahela • Andringitra • Ankarafantsika • Baie de Baly • Bemaraha • Isalo • Kirindy Mitea • Mantadia • Marojejy • Masoala • Midongy du sud • Namoroka • Ranomafana • Tsimanampetsotse • Zahamena • Zombitse-Vohibasia Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Masoala National Park, in northeast Madagascar, is the largest of the islands protected areas. ... Wildlife Reserves: Analamazoatra • Analamerana • Andranomena • Ambatovaky • Forêt d'Ambre • Ambohijanahary • Ambohitantely • Anjanaharibe-Sud • Ankarana • Bemarivo • Beza Mahafaly • Bora • Kalambatritra • Kasijy • Manombo • Mangerivola • Maningoza • Manongarivo • Marotandrano • Nosy Mangabe • Pic d'Ivohibe • Tampoketsa Analamaitso Ankarana Reserve is a small vegetated plateau in northern Madagascar with elevations that exceed 1220 meters (4000 feet) above sea level. ... Nosy Mangabe is a small (about 520ha) island in Antongil Bay about 2km offshore from the town of Maroansetra in eastern Madagascar. ...