I-Madagascar yenye yezona ziqithi ezinkulu kwihlabathi. Ezinye izazinzulu zikholelwa ukuba kwixesha elide la mazwe ayingxenye yelizwe. Ingxenye ephakathi kwesi siqithi, ehlala ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yommandla wonke, intaba. Iintaba zaseMadagascar zenziwa ngenxa yokuhamba rhoqo kwihlabathi, kwaye ziquka iidrostalline kunye needamorphic rock: i-shales, i-gneisses, i-granites. Oku kungenxa yobukho kwiindawo zendawo zamaminerali amaninzi: i-mica, i-graphite, inkokheli, i-nickel, i-chromium. Apha unokufumana igolide kunye namatye angamaxabiso: amethysts, tourmaline, emeralds, njl.
Iintaba kunye neentaba zaseMadagascar
Ukunyakaza kweTectonic kwaphule yonke i-Plateau ePhakamileyo kwiintlobo ezininzi zeentaba. Namhlanje iintaba zaseMadagascar zinomdla omkhulu kubalandeli beentaba:
- Kwii-Central Highlands ziintaba ze- Ankaratra , indawo ephezulu efumaneka kwindawo ephakamileyo ye-2643 m.
- I-granite massif I- Andringretra itholakala kwipaki yelizwe laseMadagascar . Ingongoma ephakamileyo - inqanaba likaBobby - ligijimela kwindawo ephakamileyo ye-3658 m. Iintaba zihlala kwindawo ezinzile kwaye zinamatye amaninzi kunye nokwenyuka, kukho iindawo zokukhukhula kwe-volcanic. Nantsi intaba edumile i-Big Hat, ifom yoqobo eyayikhumbuza ngokwenene le ntloko.
- Enye indawo ebangalisa umdla zotyelelo kwiiMadagascar yiintaba zaseFransi . Zifumaneka kwicala elingasempuma yesiqithi, kufuphi nesixeko sase-Antsiranana (i-Diego-Suarez). Ezi ntaba ziquka amatye, i-sandstone kunye neenkonyane. Ukulungiswa ngaphezu kwe-2400 km, intaba yeentaba ihlanganiswe ngamahlathi anamaninzi aneentlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo, apho izilwanyana ezahlukahlukeneyo zihlala khona. Oku kuyanconywa yimozulu yomshushu yendawo. Ngokomzekelo, kuphela kulezi ntaba zaseMadagascar zifumaneka ngaphezu kweentlobo ezilishumi ze-baobabs.
Abaninzi abakhenkethi abaceba ukutyelela isi siqithi banomdla kumbuzo wokuba kukho iindawo eziqhutyelwayo ezintabeni zaseMadagascar. Abahlali basekuhlaleni bathi kwangoku onke amanqaku aphezulu kwi siqithi yientlobo zeentaba, ezikude ezidlulileyo.
Eyona ndawo iphakamileyo phakathi kwala "maqhwala alalayo" yi-volcano yeMarumukutra kwisiqithi saseMadagascar. Igama layo liguqulela ngokuthi "i-grove yemithi yezithelo." Ukuphakama kwentaba ephakamileyo yaseMadagascar, ephakamileyo yentaba yaseTsaratanan - ngaphezu kwe-2800 m. Kwakuba yintaba-mlilo esebenzayo, kodwa ngoku iphela kwaye ayikho ingozi kubakhenkethi abaza apha ukuba bahloniphe imvelo.