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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
[[File:Chaukhira Topo.png|250px|right]] | [[File:Chaukhira Topo.png|250px|right]] | ||
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File:Landscape Madagascar 08.jpg|rice paddy | |||
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File:White-throated Rail - Masoala - Madagascar MG 0548 (15285572081).jpg | |||
File:Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher - Masoala - Madagascar S4E7425 (15101141449).jpg | |||
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===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
{{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | {{Further|Prevailing Winds}} | ||
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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== | ||
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