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Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

97% trees around it and 617 species recorded.

92Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWildMountain forestWildlifeWorld Heritage

  • trees within 3 km97%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded617
  • Altitude1,049 m

The forest around

97% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 100%Shrubland 0%Trees 96%Shrubland 1%Grassland 3%Trees 95%Shrubland 2%Grassland 4%Trees 89%Shrubland 6%Grassland 5%Water 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%97%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km96%
  • 3–6 km95%
  • 6–10 km89%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees96%
  • Shrubland1%
  • Grassland3%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

617 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Albinoberry
AlbinoberryAphloia theiformis44 recordsSAplants · CC BY-SA 4.0
Andriana marojejyensisAndriana marojejyensis49 records
Gaertnera paucifloraGaertnera pauciflora44 records
Neocussonia halleanaNeocussonia halleana42 records
Pterophylla rutenbergiiPterophylla rutenbergii37 records
Uapaca densifoliaUapaca densifolia37 records
VU
Polyscias aubrevilleiPolyscias aubrevillei35 records
Rousseauxia marojejensisRousseauxia marojejensis34 records
Xyris marojejyensisXyris marojejyensis34 records
Pterophylla paucifloraPterophylla pauciflora31 records
Atemnosiphon coriaceusAtemnosiphon coriaceus31 records
VU
Polyscias compactaPolyscias compacta29 records

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

92out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 97%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 617Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,049 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan28°23°306 mm
  2. Feb28°23°249 mm
  3. Mar28°22°341 mm
  4. Apr27°22°218 mm
  5. May26°20°165 mm
  6. Jun24°19°156 mm
  7. Jul24°18°138 mm
  8. Aug24°18°119 mm
  9. Sep25°18°99 mm
  10. Oct26°19°103 mm
  11. Nov28°21°133 mm
  12. Dec29°22°223 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rainforests of the Atsinanana.

Madagascan World Heritage Sitie

Rainforests of the Atsinanana is a forest in Madagascar, 1,049 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 97% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

617 species have been recorded around it: 505 plants, 1 fungi, 93 birds and 18 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Albinoberry, Andriana marojejyensis and Gaertnera pauciflora.

The best time to walk is from June to September.

Rainforests of the Atsinanana seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Rainforests of the Atsinanana seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1viewpoints within 5 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCamp Marojejia, Camp Mantella
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • places to stay within 10 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Rainforests of the Atsinanana.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas3 mountains within 25 km
Marojezy Kely13 kmBeamalombe20 kmLembonimbona23 km
Islandyasthe island
Madagascar587,713 km²
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Humbert Falls7.0 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q564321) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species6,736 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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