Loading

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Dry forest, South-West Madagascar

© GRID-Arendal/Peter Prokosh2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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.

Show lessRead more
  • 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
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Interested in Sport?

Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly

You are all set!

Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites