Geography of Madagascar
The mountainous topography to the south limits
the potential of a port at Antsiranana by impeding
the traffic from other parts of the island.
The central highlands
The central highlands contain a wide variety of
topographies: rounded and eroded hills, massive
.
granite outcrops and alluvial plains and
marshes.
The central highlands include the Anjafy High
Plateaux and the Ankaratra Massif.
A prominent feature of the central highlands is a
rift valley, the largest body of water on the island,
having a length of forty kilometers.
This region has experienced geological
subsidence, and earth tremors are frequent
here.
The west coast
The west coast, composed of sedimentary
formations deposited in several layers over
time, is more indented than the east coast.
Deep ba...
