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Ikopa River with pirogues, Antananarivo, 1865 Ikopa river at Tanjombato. The Ikopa River is the second longest waterway in Madagascar and passes through the capital, Antananarivo. [1] It is the largest tributary of the Betsiboka River. It is formed by the Varahina-North and Varahina-South Rivers.
Hell's Gate National Park is a national park situated near Lake Naivasha in Kenya. The park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley. It was established in 1984. The park is notable for its wide variety of wildlife and for its scenery. [2]
Greater Antananarivo is a continuous, urbanized area spreading beyond the city's official boundaries for 9 km (5.6 miles) north to south between Ambohimanarina and Ankadimbahoaka, and 6 km (3.7 miles) west to east between the Ikopa River dike and Tsiadana. [40]
Betsiboka River is a 525-kilometre (326 mi) long river in central-north Madagascar. It flows northwestward and empties to Bombetoka Bay, forming a large delta. It originates to the east of Antananarivo. The river is surrounded in mangroves. [3] The river is distinctive for its red-coloured water, which is caused by river sediments.
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It would be a "riverman's moniker" referencing the Bight as a particularly troublesome bend in the river, with associated dangerous currents, where a pilot and crew might lose "their wages, their timber, and occasionally their lives". [3] [4] So it is most likely that Old Hell Bight was named first, then influenced the naming of the adjacent lake.
View from the front of the Lake Hotel, showing the iconic porticoes Robert Reamer, the man who gave the Lake Hotel its iconic Neo-Classical look. The initial construction of the Lake Hotel was tumultuous, in 1886 a lease was given to the Yellowstone Park Association (YPA) for the construction of 4 different hotels on 4 different sites, one of those being the Lake Hotel.
Lake Hell 'n Blazes, Hellen Blazes or Helen Blazes, is the source of the St. Johns River, located in Brevard County, Florida, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Melbourne. The lake is 260 acres (110 ha) in area, and is at the head of the St. Johns River.