Bemarivo River

For other places with the same name, see Bemarivo (disambiguation).

Bemarivo River
Bemarivo river from Route Nationale 5a
Map of Malagasy rivers (Bemarivo flows from the central-northern part to the eastern coast).
Location
Country	Madagascar
Region	Sava
Cities	Nosiarina, Ambinanybe, Antafiamazava
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Mount Biempoko
• elevation	2,219 m (7,280 ft)
Mouth
• location	Indian Ocean
• coordinates	14°08′45″S 50°09′19″E
Length	140 km (87 mi)
Basin size	4,833.6 km^2 (1,866.3 sq mi)[1] to 5,400 km^2 (2,100 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	(Period: 1971–2000)176.3 m^3/s (6,230 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River system	Bemarivo River
Tributaries
• right	Androranga, Marerano, Anjialava

The Bemarivo River (/be.mari.v/), literally the big shallow, is located in northern Madagascar. It drains to the north-eastern coast, into the Indian Ocean. It drains the eastern part of the Tsaratanana Massif and the northern half of the Marojejy Massif.

It is crossed by the RN 5a near Nosiarina. Its mouth is situated 17 km^[2] north of Sambava.

It serves as the northern edge of the territory known as Betsimisaraka.^[3] Confusingly, a tributary of the Sofia River is also called the Bemarivo River (Sofia).^[4]

References

1. "Madagascar".
2. Riviere Bemarivo-Sambava
3. Helen Chapin Metz, ed., Madagascar: A Country Study, Library of Congress, 1994., accessed 14 August 2008
4. Sparks, J. S. (2008). Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Number 314: 1-151