Lake Tritriva

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Lake Tritriva is a volcanic lake in southwest-central Madagascar, in the district of Vàkinankàratra, [ [http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/photo/madagascar/01best/slides/05tritriva3.html Lake Tritriva ] ] The lake fills an extinct crater. [ [http://www.embassy.org/madagascar/points.html Madagascar: Tourism ] ] a region also of many hot springs. It sits in the vent of an oval volcanic cone enclosed in vertical gneiss cliffs. Its water level drops during the rainy season and rises when the monsoon rains have ceased.

Tritriva was drawn to the attention of the larger world by James Sibree, Jr. in 1885. ["The Volcanic Lake of Tritriva: Its Physical Features and Legendary History", "The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine" (London Missionary Society) 1885:469-72.]

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