The Mania River is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

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 ...

that flows from the central

mountains A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

of the island, emptying into the

Mozambique Channel The Mozambique Channel (french: Canal du Mozambique, mg, Lakandranon'i Mozambika, pt, Canal de Moçambique) is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about long ...

. The region of

Amoron'i Mania Amoron'i Mania is a region in central Madagascar bordering Vakinankaratra Region in north, Atsinanana in northeast, Vatovavy-Fitovinany in southeast, Haute Matsiatra in south, Atsimo-Andrefana in southwest and Menabe in west. The capital of the r ...

is named from this river. Main affluents from the left are the Ivato,

Imorona Imorona is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Mananara Nord, which is a part of Analanjirofo Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 7,413 in 2018. It is situated at th ...

, Ikoly, Menala, and Sakeny rivers, and on its right the Fitanamaria, Sakorendrika,

Manandona river Manandona is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar, district of Antsirabe II District, Antsirabe II, which is a part of Vakinankaratra Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 1 ...

, Isakely and Iandratsay rivers. There is an ongoing project of a

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on the Mania River, near the site of AntetezambatoDAO HYDRO SITE DE ANTETEZAMBATO AOIR N°002
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Rivers of Madagascar Rivers of Vakinankaratra Rivers of Amoron'i Mania Rivers of Menabe Tsiribihina River {{Madagascar-river-stub