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Location and physical description

The park is situated on the road connecting Morondava and Belo/Tsiribihina in the coastal plain of Morondava, between the villages of Marofandilia and Beroboka Sud, inside the new conservation area . The grounds porous aspect that does not favor the waters retention causes a rapid flow and also a rapid draining during the dry season that lasts 7 to 8 month ; this is why most of hydrographic systems are reduced to permanent or dried stretch of water . Several tracks starting from the secondary road lead to the Kirindy Park .

The climate
The humid season stretches from November to February (700 to 900 mm) and the dry season spreads over 7 to 8 month, which reduced the rivers to irregular stretch of water . The maximal annual temperature is 31° C and the minimal of 19° C.
The flora

The concession is covered with dry deciduous forest marked by remarkable species of Adansonia grandidieri baobabs . The others xerophytic species as Euphorbias , Pachypodium, have a great variety of adaptation . The strange form of the vegetation testifies its great ability of adaptation ; the phenomenon of water accumulation , the photosynthesis in the stem explains the long period of absence of leaves.

The fauna

One discovers there the endemic tortoise Pyxis planicauda as well as the sweet water tortoise Erymnochelys madagascariensis . Among the other reptiles ,the Leioheterodon geayi, , the Paroedura pictus ...... One mentions also in the immediate surroundings of the forest the presence of two boa Acrantophis madagascariensis and Acrantophis dumerilii .
The avifauna is rich and constituted by quite rare forest species.
The mammalian fauna is composed of seven species of lemurs: among them the Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi , the Phaner furcifer and the Cheyrogaleus medius . It is the rare region where one can find the presence of the carnivore Mungotictis decemlineata and the greatest of endemic rodent the Hypogeomys antimena in forests between Morondava and Manambolo river. The greatest endemic carnivore Cryptoprocta ferox (the fosa ) is abundant in the region . there is also the bats Pteropus rufus and Eidolon helvum, . The invertebrate fauna is less known.


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