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This map is a simplified version of the vegetation map of FARAMALALA (1988
&1995), which was derived from LANDSAT satellite imagery, and broadly
maintained the vegetation zones defined by HUMBERT (1955). The remaining
areas of good quality, primary vegetation were identified from this map
and was then classified into two major types, one evergreen (eastern and
central) and the other deciduous (western and southern). The evergreen
forests include the humid forests (at low, medium and high altitudes),
along with the sclerophyllous woodland remnants (Uapaca dominated) of central
Madagascar. The deciduous formations include the seasonally dry forests
of the west and north, and the southern, dry forests and scrublands.