03233nam 22005775 450 991033792400332120200706000258.03-319-99879-X10.1007/978-3-319-99879-4(CKB)4100000007389689(MiAaPQ)EBC5628140(DE-He213)978-3-319-99879-4(PPN)233799060(EXLCZ)99410000000738968920190102d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Ankarana Plateau in Madagascar Tsingy, Caves, Volcanoes and Sapphires /by Eric Gilli1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (171 pages)Cave and Karst Systems of the World,2364-45913-319-99878-1 Presentation -- Geography -- Fauna and Flora of the Ankarana -- Geology and Hydrogeology -- Speleology in the Ankarana -- Caves of the Northern Ankarana -- Caves of the Mananjeba Buttes -- Caves of the Southern Buttes -- Others Caves Near the Ankarana Plateau -- The People of the Ankarana -- The Tourism in the Ankarana -- General Bibliography.The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting the natural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cave network of more than 100km with many galleries, some are very large and draped with different cave formations and underground rivers are inhabited with crocodiles and giant eels.This place is famous for its surface landscape formed with tsingy, natural needles formed by the weathering of limestone. The Ankarana is surrounded by native Madagascan rain forest inhabited with lemurs and it was a natural shelter for the Ankarana people whose kings were buried in caves. The cave system has been partially explored since the sixties and exploration is still in progress. The book includes several maps (geology, topography, hydrology), the survey of the caves and a brief description of the Ankarana Kingdom.Cave and Karst Systems of the World,2364-4591GeomorphologyGeologyHydrogeologyEthnographyGeomorphologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J16010Geologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17002Hydrogeologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G19005Ethnographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X12060Geomorphology.Geology.Hydrogeology.Ethnography.Geomorphology.Geology.Hydrogeology.Ethnography.556.981Gilli Ericauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut448121BOOK9910337924003321The Ankarana Plateau in Madagascar2089791UNINA