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Mauritius

Geography

Geography

Mauritius is located in Southern Africa, it is an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.The terrain of the country is small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau.

Climate: the country is tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May).

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