Mangoky

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Mangoky
upper course: Matsiatra
The Mangoky Delta from space (NASA, 1989)

The Mangoky Delta from space (NASA, 1989)

Data
location MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar
River system Mangoky
source as Matsiatra east of the city of Fianarantsoa
21 ° 43 ′ 24 ″  S , 47 ° 18 ′ 2 ″  E
muzzle north of Morombe in the Mozambique Strait Coordinates: 21 ° 25 ′ 53 ″  S , 43 ° 27 ′ 30 ″  E 21 ° 25 ′ 53 ″  S , 43 ° 27 ′ 30 ″  E
Mouth height m

length 564 km
Discharge at the Bevoay gauge (1389090)
A Eo : 53,225 km²
Location: 128 km above the mouth
NNQ (min. Month Ø)
MNQ 1964–1983
MQ 1964–1983
Mq 1964–1983
MHQ 1964–1983
HHQ (max. Month Ø)
30 m³ / s
108 m³ / s
597 m³ / s
11.2 l / (s km²)
1835 m³ / s
4980 m³ / s

The Mangoky is a river in Madagascar . Its total length is 564 kilometers.

course

It rises as Matsiatra in the central highlands of the island east of the city of Fianarantsoa . From there it flows in a westerly direction through the foothills of the Bemaraha Plateau and the coastal plain and flows north of the city of Morombe into the Strait of Mozambique . He takes the name Mangoky from the confluence with the Manantanana ( here ).

Hydrometry

The flow rate of the river was measured for 19 years (1964–1983) at the Bevoay gauge, 128 km above the mouth in m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Homepage UNH / GRDC - The Mangoky in Bevoay. Retrieved July 2, 2020
  2. ^ Soviet General Staff Map, accessed with topomapper.com on October 23, 2013.