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The Ihosy River is a river in
Fianarantsoa Province Fianarantsoa Province is a former province of Madagascar. It has an area of 103,272 km2 and population of 3,366,291 (July 2001 estimate). Its capital was Fianarantsoa. The province along with the 5 other was abolished in 2007 in favour of cr ...
in central
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It runs down from the hills of
Bekisopa Bekisopa is a town in the region of Haute Matsiatra in central Madagascar. It is part of the municipality of Tanamarina. See also *the Bekisopa mine, a, iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically ...
, through the town of
Ihosy Ihosy is a city (commune urbaine) with 283,047 inhabitants (2015) in Ihorombe Region in central south Madagascar. Ihosy is the capital of Ihorombe Region, as well as of the district of Ihosy. Geography Ihosy is an important crosspoint for ...
(at ), which provides the name of the river. Other passage points are Ambodiala and Ionadria. It empties in the
Zomandao River The Zomandao River is a 283-km-long river in the regions of Haute Matsiatra and Ihorombe in central-southern Madagascar. It begins in the Andringitra Massif at Boby Peak, the second highest peak of Madagascar, and flows across the Zomandao Plai ...


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Fianarantsoa Province Rivers of Madagascar Rivers of Ihorombe {{Madagascar-river-stub