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Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Dry forest, South-West Madagascar
© GRID-Arendal/Peter Prokosh2012
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nairobi, Kenya
The Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises 430 km2 and has been protected since 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The calcareous plateau is covered with dense xerophilous thickets, baobabs and banyan trees.
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- Title: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Dry forest, South-West Madagascar
- Creator: © GRID-Arendal/Peter Prokosh
- Date Created: 2012
- Location: Africa, Madagascar, Tsimanampetsotsa National Park
- Subject Keywords: drylands, forests, ecosystems
- Original Source: http://www.grida.no/resources/1304
- Rights: © Peter Prokosch/GRID-Arendal
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