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Morondava is a city located in the province of Toliara
Toliara Province

Toliara is a provinces of Madagascar of Madagascar with an area of 161,405 km?. It has a population of 2,229,550 . Its capital is Toliara. Near Toliara is the "Madagascar spiny thickets"....
 and the Region of Menabe
Menabe

Menabe is a region in western Madagascar. It is named for the 18th century Sakalava kingdom of Menabe. The capital is Morondava....
, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
. It is located in the delta of the Morandava River at .

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Air Madagascar

Soci?t? Nationale Malgache de Transports A?riens, operating as Air Madagascar, is an airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. It is the national airline operating services to Europe, Asia and neighbouring African and Indian Ocean island cities....
 has regular scheduled flights to Morondava Airport
Morondava Airport

Morondava Airport is an airport in Morondava, Madagascar .Scheduled services*Air Madagascar ...
. The main road to the town, and indeed the roads in the town itself, are severely eroded with less than 30% of the original tarmac
Tarmac

Tarmac is a type of pavement , pioneered by John Loudon McAdam in around 1820. Strictly speaking, Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901....
 left in most places. Overland transport is therefore very slow and difficult, especially in the rainy season.






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Morondava is a city located in the province of Toliara
Toliara Province

Toliara is a provinces of Madagascar of Madagascar with an area of 161,405 km?. It has a population of 2,229,550 . Its capital is Toliara. Near Toliara is the "Madagascar spiny thickets"....
 and the Region of Menabe
Menabe

Menabe is a region in western Madagascar. It is named for the 18th century Sakalava kingdom of Menabe. The capital is Morondava....
, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
. It is located in the delta of the Morandava River at .

Communication

Air Madagascar
Air Madagascar

Soci?t? Nationale Malgache de Transports A?riens, operating as Air Madagascar, is an airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. It is the national airline operating services to Europe, Asia and neighbouring African and Indian Ocean island cities....
 has regular scheduled flights to Morondava Airport
Morondava Airport

Morondava Airport is an airport in Morondava, Madagascar .Scheduled services*Air Madagascar ...
. The main road to the town, and indeed the roads in the town itself, are severely eroded with less than 30% of the original tarmac
Tarmac

Tarmac is a type of pavement , pioneered by John Loudon McAdam in around 1820. Strictly speaking, Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901....
 left in most places. Overland transport is therefore very slow and difficult, especially in the rainy season. Pirogue
Pirogue

A pirogue is a small, flat-bottomed boat of a design associated particularly with West African fisherman and the Cajuns of the Louisiana marsh....
s are consequently a popular mode of transport used to ferry people and goods up and down the coast, especially to Morombe
Morombe

Morombe is a coastal city in Toliara Province, Madagascar. It is located at around and can be reached by pirogue from Morondava....
.

Ecology

The city is famous amongst other things for the spectacular Avenue of Baobabs nearby at . These giant baobab
Baobab

Baobab is the common name of a genus containing eight species of trees, native to Madagascar , mainland Africa and Australia . The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that country....
 trees are an 800 year old legacy of the dense tropical forests that once thrived here. Over the years, as the country's population grew, the forests were slowly but surely cut down, leaving only the baobab
Baobab

Baobab is the common name of a genus containing eight species of trees, native to Madagascar , mainland Africa and Australia . The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that country....
 trees, which the locals preserved for religious reasons. Today, deforestation
Deforestation

Deforestation is the logging or burning of trees in forested areas. There are several reasons for doing so: trees or derived charcoal can be sold as a commodity and are used by humans while cleared land is used as pasture, plantations of commodities and human settlement....
 still continues as large areas of this region, including some of few remaining baobabs, are still being cleared to make way for sugar cane plantations.

The Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located close to the western coast of Madagascar at . Because of the unique geography, preserved mangrove forests, and wild bird and lemur populations of the area, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990....
, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located 150km north of Morondava, but due to the poor condition of the roads, can take considerable time to reach.

Kirindi Forest
Madagascar dry deciduous forests

The Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion generally situated in the western part of Madagascar....
 at is a nature reserve about 60km from Morondava where many of the local species of lemur
Lemur

Lemurs make up the infraorder Lemuriformes and are members of a group of primates known as prosimians. The term "lemur" is derived from the Latin word lemures, meaning "spirits of the night" or "ghosts"....
s as well as other plants and animals can be experienced during a day trip.

See also

  • Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
    Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

    Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located close to the western coast of Madagascar at . Because of the unique geography, preserved mangrove forests, and wild bird and lemur populations of the area, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990....
  • Madagascar dry deciduous forests
    Madagascar dry deciduous forests

    The Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion generally situated in the western part of Madagascar....


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