The Lokoho River is located in northern

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 drains to the north-east coast, into the

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. It drains the southern half of the

Marojejy Massif Marojejy National Park () is a national park in the Sava region of northeastern Madagascar. It covers and is centered on the Marojejy Massif, a mountain chain that rises to an elevation of . Access to the area around the massif was restricted t ...

. Its mouth is situated 25 km in the south of

Sambava Sambava is a city and commune (commune urbaine; mg, kaominina) at the east coast of northern Madagascar. It is the capital of Sambava District and Sava Region. The population of the commune was 84,039 in as of the 2018 commune census. Infrastr ...

, near

Farahalana Farahalana is a municipality in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Sambava, which is a part of Sava Region and lies near the mouth of the Lokoho River at the Indian Ocean. The population of the commune was estimated to be approxima ...

. There were some projects for the installation of

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in the 1970s, but they were never completed. In 2002 another project, for a plant of 6 kW capacity by

in cooperation with the French

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, German

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, GTZ and Canadian

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was stopped in 2009 due to the

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References

External links

Youtube video of ''Lokoho River''
Rivers of Madagascar Rivers of Sava Region {{Madagascar-river-stub