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|settlement_type = [[Government_of_Burgundie#Provincial_and_Colonial_Government|Province]] | |settlement_type = [[Government_of_Burgundie#Provincial_and_Colonial_Government|Province]] | ||
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|image_caption = | |image_caption = Abu-Ouncanobi from the air | ||
|image_flag = Chaukhira Flag.png | |image_flag = Chaukhira Flag.png | ||
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|image_map = | |image_map = Chaukhira Political Map.png | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
[[File:Chaukhira Topo.png|250px|right]] | |||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
File:Landscape Madagascar 08.jpg|rice paddy | |||
File:Ambatomena, Fianarantsoa.jpg | |||
File:8 natur2.jpg | |||
File:Sandrananta Ikongo.jpg | |||
File: Sundown, Allee des Baobabs (27032866144).jpg | |||
File:Landscape Madagascar 03.jpg | |||
File:Madagascar CHURCH.jpg | |||
==Climate== | File:MG-105 em Crisólita - MG 04.jpg | ||
File:White-throated Rail - Masoala - Madagascar MG 0548 (15285572081).jpg | |||
File:Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher - Masoala - Madagascar S4E7425 (15101141449).jpg | |||
File:Blue Coua, Masoala National Park, Madagascar.jpg | |||
File:Fishing Boats, Madagascar (21941981566).jpg | |||
File:Grey-headed Lovebird, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar.jpg | |||
File:Madagascar (28262716001).jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Climate=== | |||
{{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | {{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | ||
[[File:Chaukhira climate map.png|right|250px|Climate map of Chaukhira.]] | [[File:Chaukhira climate map.png|right|250px|Climate map of Chaukhira.]] | ||
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===Flora=== | ===Flora and fauna=== | ||
Many of the characteristic [[Audonia]]n species—large mammals such as the {{wp|elephant}}, {{wp|rhinoceros}}, {{wp|giraffe}}, {{wp|zebra}}, and {{wp|antelope}} and predators such as {{wp|lions}} and {{wp|leopards}}—do not exist on Chaukhira. In addition, the island has been spared the great variety of venomous snakes indigenous to the [[Audonia]]n continent. Although it is assumed that most life forms on the island had an [[Audonia]]n origin, isolation has allowed old species—elsewhere extinct—to survive and new species unique to the island to evolve. Thus, a great number of plant, insect, reptile, and fish species are endemic to Chaukhira, and all indigenous land mammal species—66 in all—are unique to the island. | |||
Chaukhira was once covered almost completely by forests, but slash and burn practices for dry rice and rubber cultivation, Secondary growth, which has replaced the original forest and consists to a large extent of {{wp|traveller's trees}}, {{wp|raffia palm}}, and {{wp|baobabs}}, is found in many places. The country has some 900 species of {{wp|orchid}}. {{wp|Bananas}}, {{wp|mangoes}}, {{wp|coconut}}, {{wp|vanilla}}, and other tropical plants grow throughout. | |||
===Fauna=== | ===Fauna=== | ||
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===Infrastructure=== | ===Infrastructure=== | ||
====Maritime==== | ====Maritime==== | ||
=====Lighthouses===== | |||
{{Further|Burgoignesc Maritime Navigation Administration}} | |||
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====Roads and rail==== | ====Roads and rail==== | ||
====Air==== | ====Air==== | ||
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}} | }} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||