The Sakeny River is a river in Western Madagascar. It is a tributary of the
Tsiribihina River
The Tsiribihina is a river of western Madagascar.
The main tributaries are the Mahajilo, Manandaza, Mania, and Sakeny rivers. Its basin has an area of 49,800 km2. 7,025 km2 is in the basin of the Sakeny River, 14,500 km2 in that of the Mahaj ...
.
The Sakeny originates on the northern
Makay Massif in northern
Beroroha District of
Atsimo-Andrefana Region
Atsimo-Andrefana (South West) is a region of Madagascar. It borders Menabe in north, Amoron'i Mania and Haute Matsiatra in northeast, Ihorombe and Anosy in east and Androy in southeast. The capital is Toliara and the population was 1,799,088 in 2 ...
. It flows northward through the north–south running Betsiriry plain of
Menabe Region, between Madagascar's
Central Highlands on the east and the lower limestone
Bemaraha Plateau on the west. The Sakeny joins the
Mania River
The Mania River is a river in Madagascar that flows from the central mountains of the island, emptying into the Mozambique Channel. The region of Amoron'i Mania is named from this river.
Main affluents from the left are the Ivato, Imorona, Ik ...
, which then joins the Tsiribihina. There are extensive seasonal wetlands at the confluence.
[Aldegheri, M. (1972). Rivers and Streams on Madagascar. In: Battistini, R., Richard-Vindard, G. (eds) ''Biogeography and Ecology in Madagascar''. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7159-3_8]
References
Rivers of Madagascar
Rivers of Menabe
Tsiribihina River
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