Lake Malawi
Appearance
Malawi Talaab (Nyasa Talaab) | |
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![]() Lake orbit se dekhae hae. North uppar right corner me hae | |
Coordinates | 12°00′S 34°30′E / 12.000°S 34.500°E |
Lake ke rakam | Ancient lake, Rift lake |
Khaas inflows | Ruhuhu River[1] |
Primary outflows | Shire River[1] |
Basin ke des | Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania |
Max. lambaai | 560 km (350 mi)[1] to 580 |
Max. chaurraai | 75 km (47 mi)[1] |
Surface area | 29,600 km2 (11,400 sq mi)[1] |
Average gahiraai | 292 m (958 ft)[2] |
Max. gahiraai | 706 m (2,316 ft)[2] |
Water volume | 8,640 km3 (2,070 cu mi)[2] |
Unchaai | 468 metres (1,535 ft) above sea level[3] |
Islands | Likoma and Chizumulu islets, Mumbo Island |
References | [1][2] |
Malawi Talaab, jiske Tanzania me Lake Nyasa, Mozambique me Lago Niassa bola jaae hae, Africa ke barraa talaab me se ek hae aur East African Rift system ke southernmost lake hae, jon Malawi, Mozambique aur Tanzania ke biich me hae.
By volume ii dunia ke chauthaa sab se barraa talaab hae, by area ii dunia ke 9th sab se barraa lake hae aur by by depth ii Africa ke duusra sab se gahiraa lake hae. Lake Malawi me dunia ke koi talaab ke mukable me sab se jaada rakam ke jiu hae.,[4] jisme 700 species ke cichlids bhi hae.[5] Ii talaab ke Mozambique ke hissa ke June 10, 2011 me Mozambuque ke sarkar ek reserve declare kar diis rahaa ,[6] jab Malawi waalaa hissa Lake Malawi National Park me hae.[4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Malawi Cichlids". AC Tropical Fish. Aquaticcommunity.com. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Lake Malawi". World Lakes Database. International Lake Environment Committee Foundation. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ Scheffel, Richard L., ed. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 222. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Protected Areas Programme". United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNESCO. October 1995. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ↑ Turner, Seehausen, Knight, Allender, and Robinson (2001). "How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes?" Molecular Ecology 10: 793–806.
- ↑ WWF (10 June 2011). "Mozambique’s Lake Niassa declared reserve and Ramsar site" Retrieved 17 July 2014.