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The Ankarana Plateau in Madagascar

Tsingy, Caves, Volcanoes and Sapphires

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Authors:
  1. Eric Gilli

    1. Geography Department, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France

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  • Presents a unique place where both volcanic and karst features are intermingled
  • Provides the first comprehensive monograph of the highly visited Ankarana plateau
  • Includes cave surveys and geographic data that are helpful for visitors, explorers, or managers

Part of the book series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World (CAKASYWO)

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The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting the natural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cave network of more than 100km with many galleries, some are very large and draped with different cave formations and underground rivers are inhabited with crocodiles and giant eels.This place is famous for its surface landscape formed with tsingy, natural needles formed by the weathering of limestone. The Ankarana is surrounded by native Madagascan rain forest inhabited with lemurs and it was a natural shelter for the Ankarana people whose kings were buried in caves. The cave system has been partially explored since the sixties and exploration is still in progress. The book includes several maps (geology, topography, hydrology), the survey of the caves and a brief description of the Ankarana Kingdom.


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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Presentation

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 1-3

  3. Geography

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 5-17

  4. Fauna and Flora of the Ankarana

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 19-35

  5. Geology and Hydrogeology

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 37-68

  6. Speleology in the Ankarana

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 69-73

  7. Caves of the Northern Ankarana

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 75-108

  8. Caves of the Mananjeba Buttes

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 109-113

  9. Caves of the Southern Buttes

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 115-127

  10. Other Caves Near the Ankarana Plateau

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 129-129

  11. The People of the Ankarana

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 131-135

  12. Tourism in the Ankarana

    • Eric Gilli
    Pages 137-140

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 141-162
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Geography Department, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France

    Eric Gilli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ankarana Plateau in Madagascar

  • Book Subtitle: Tsingy, Caves, Volcanoes and Sapphires

  • Authors: Eric Gilli

  • Series Title: Cave and Karst Systems of the World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99879-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99878-7Published: 23 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99879-4Published: 02 January 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2364-4591

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-4605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 162

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 134 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geomorphology, Geology, Hydrogeology, Ethnography

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