Definitions
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- noun a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi
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Lake Nyasa or Lake Malawi, which is part of the Zambezi River basin, is shared with Malawi and Mozambique.
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Lake Malawi, which is the third largest freshwater lake in Africa and the eleventh largest in the world, has a total surface area of 28,760 km2 (including the part of the lake belonging to Mozambique).
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It was hard to pull myself away from the piranha in their leafy aquatic wonderland, in addition to lots of other little fish in a rendition of Lake Malawi, home to more species of fish than any lake on Earth.
In the Coral Camp Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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On and around the Nankhumba Peninsula which divides the southern end of Lake Malawi (L. Nyasa).
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Lake Malawi National Park (14°02'S, 34°53'E) is a World Heritage Site located on a peninsula between distant mountains at the southern end of the great expanse of Lake Malawi.
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Eastern Miombo woodlands (AT0706) cover a large swath of south Tanzania from Lake Malawi (Nyasa) in the east to close to (but not recahing) thecounty's Indian Ocean coast.
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic (AT1015) occurs in the south on the edge of Lake Malawi (Nyasa).
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The National Park is on the very scenic northern tip of the Nankhumba peninsula which divides the southern end of Lake Malawi.
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The lake contains 30% of all known cichlid species of which all but five species of over 400 are endemic to Lake Malawi.
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Lake Malawi: a case study in conservation planning.
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