貝齊布卡河()是馬達加斯加中北部的河流,從發源地往西北方向流動,最终在马哈赞加附近注入莫桑比克海峡,河道全長525公里,水流湍急,河水因沉澱物呈現紅色,大部分沉澱物在河口處聚集,形成三角洲,多汊流。由於過去50年內過度森林開伐,每年泥土流失量達每公頃250公噸,是全球泥土侵蝕最嚴重的地區。
File:Betsiboka River September 22, 2003.jpg|正常情況下的貝齊布卡河
File:Betsiboka River January 30, 2009.jpg|河水氾濫的貝齊布卡河
參考文獻
- [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14135 Floods in Madagascar] at NASA Earth Observatory
- [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/geology/sgeo/slide_23.html Sediment Laden Drainages] at Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061010195238/http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS007-3-58 NASA: Earth from Space]
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