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Tritriva

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'''Lake Tritriva is a is small lake which fills an extinct crater 17 kilometres west of [[Antsirabe]], past [[Andraikiba|Lake Andraikiba]]. The name originates from the Malagasy words ''tritry'', meaning the ridge back of a chameleon, and ''iva'' meaning deep. The lake is said to be some 80 metres deep.'''
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Lake Tritriva
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The water level drops in the rainy season and rises in the dry season and debris from the lake can found down in a valley below, supporting a theory of existing underground channels.
<div style="max-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-19.929157, 46.924646~'''Lake Tritriva'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=14|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker.png}}</div> As the water level drop in the rainy season and rise in the dry season debris from the lake can found down in a valley below, supporting a theory of existing underground channels. According to local folklore, two interwoven trees at the lakeside represents a young couple so much in love they drowned themselves in the ice cold water as they were forbidden to marry by their respective families, and if . If the branches are cut, blood, not sap, will ooze from the stems.
A walk around the lake takes about 45 minutes.
 
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== Additional information ==
 
* http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Tritriva
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