Marojejy National Park

Marojejy National Park is located in the SAVA region in the northeast of Madagascar. Geographically, the center is at 14°26' south and 49°15' east, between the Androranga river valley to the north and the Lokoho river to the south, the Andapa basin to the west and coastal plains and foothills to the east.

Marojejy National Park was classified as a Natural Reserve in 1952, as National Park in 1998 and World Heritage Site in 2007. The park covers an area of 60,050ha at an altitude of 2,132m.

The predominant climate of Marojejy is tropical humid with an average annual rainfall of 1,936mm, with the maximum between November and June. The altitude plays an important role in the variation of climate. The rainfall is higher in altitude and more irregular and less in the north and northwest. In the lowland the average temperatures are about 22.3°C in July and 26.9°C in February, while on the Marojejy peaks they can go down to 1.5°C in the winter.

Two types of soil occur in Marojejy: Ferralitic soils at lower elevations and sandy peat soils beyond 1,800m. The park is dominated by a granite massif characterised by very rugged forest reliefs. It has a complex shape comprising a succession of parallel or divergent ridges from many sharp peaks with steep and irregular slopes.

Links

• Marojejy in Crisis - article from 2009