Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
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Summary
Lake Malawi is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,926 views/month, #27 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Malawi[3], Mozambique[4], Tanzania[5]
- Shares border with: Chintheche[6]
- Inflows: Ruhuhu River[7], Dwangwa River[8], Lilongwe River[9], South Rukuru River[10], Songwe River[11], Lufilya[12]
- Outflows: Shire River[13]
- Part of: Lake Malawi National Park[14], African Great Lakes[15], Rift Valley lakes[16]
- Commons category: Lake Malawi[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Malawi[18]
- Commons gallery: Lake Malawi[19]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22]
- Native label: Lake Malawi[23]
- Length: 570 km[24]
- Elevation above sea level: 474 m[25]
- Area: 29,600 km²[26]
- Width: 75 km[27]
- Watershed area: 6593 km²[28]
- Volume as quantity: 8,400,000 cubic hectometre[29], 8400 cubic kilometre[30]
- Perimeter: 1245 km[31]
- Vertical depth: 704 m[32]
- Drainage basin: Zambezi Basin[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Malawi include Malawi[35], a republic[36], in Malawi[37], founded in 1964[38] and Niassa Province[39], a province of Mozambique[40], in Mozambique[41].
Why It Matters
Lake Malawi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for it include Malawi[35], a republic[36], in Malawi[37], founded in 1964[38] and Niassa Province[39], a province of Mozambique[40], in Mozambique[41].