Lake Malawi

Himanshi singh       Nov 18, 2022

#Geography

          Lake Malawi is 560-580 km long from north to south and has a maximum width of 75 km. The lake is located at an elevation of 468 m above sea level and has an average depth of 292 m. 

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#The Zambezi River

          The fourth longest river system in Africa, the Zambezi arises from its source near a marshy bog on the Central African Plateau of Zambia at an altitude of 4,800 feet above sea level 

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#Geology

         Lake Malawi is one of the largest Rift Valley lakes and an ancient lake in the East African Rift, a rift zone with an active continental plate. 

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#Border Dispute

         Lake Malawi lies on the Tanzania-Malawi-Mozambique border and has a shoreline on eastern Malawi, western Mozambique, and southern Tanzania.  

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#Ecology

         Lake Malawi has the world’s highest number of fish species, and fishing is a major economic activity around the lake. However, the fish population is threatened by pollution and overfishing. 

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