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Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, (Swahili: Ziwa Nyasa) is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
Lake Malawi, about 1,500 feet above sea level and 380 miles long, is Africa's third largest lake and Malawi's major tourist attraction. In Malawi's north and central areas are the Nyika, Vipya, and Dedza uplands, rising from 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level.
Lake Malawi is an African Great Lake renowned for its crystal clear waters, diversity of aquatic life, and habitats amongst its shores and islands. Lying between Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique, it is the third-largest lake in Africa and the ninth-largest in the world by surface area.
This interactive map of Lake Malawi shows many well-known locations around the lake. Click on a location to see the name and the species that occur in that location with a link back to the AquaInfo database.
Le lac Malawi est un des Grands Lacs d' Afrique de l'Est, anciennement appelé lac Nyasa, lac Nyassa ou encore lac Niassa au Mozambique, dont les rives se partagent entre trois États : le Malawi, le Mozambique et la Tanzanie.
17 lip 2021 · 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. It is 706 m deep at the deepest point, a north-central point lying in a major depression.
The lake is located 474 meters (1,555 feet) above sea level, so its deepest point reaches a depth of 232 meters below sea level. It has a catchment area of 94,100 km2, or 36,332 mi2. Lake Malawi is meromictic, which means that its layers of water do not mix.
