Abstract
Madagascar is a large island, some 1600 km in
length (north to so
uth) and 587,000 square
kilometres in area. The island lies around 300 km
off Mozambique (south-east Africa) in the Indian
Ocean. Topography consists of a central
mountainous region with an average altitude of
2000 m, which covers around two thirds of the
island. The highest point
is Maromokotro (2876 m).
The uplands are surrounded by a number of narrow
coastal plains.
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