The Fiherenana is a river in the region of

Atsimo-Andrefana 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 i ...

in southern

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. It flows into the

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Tulear Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in southern Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of the national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name ...

. Due to a local '' fady'' (taboo),

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s are not allowed on the river.La vallée du Fiherenana (Toliara)
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Rivers of Atsimo-Andrefana Rivers of Madagascar {{Madagascar-river-stub