Betsiboka

[ bet-see-boh-kuh, -boo- ]

noun

1. a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.

Example Sentences

Or consider this paragraph: “You see a giant red plume of eroded red soil bleeding into the Betsiboka River, bleeding into Mahajanga Bay, bleeding into the Indian Ocean. The mess is so big that astronauts take pictures of it from space.”

From Salon

The Betsiboka River in Madagascar carries massive amounts of silt, released by eroded hillsides.

From Slate

We head south to try our luck for the spotted damba in other, more remote floodplain lakes within the Ikopa and Betsiboka River drainages.

From New York Times

We reluctantly decide to split up the team to maximize our survey coverage — Bob Schelly, Zach Baldwin and our Malagasy students will make the trek to Lake Tseny, as they have another week in Madagascar, whereas Chris and I will continue to head southwest in search of additional species of damba in the Betsiboka and Ikopa River drainages.

From New York Times