
Sunset on Malawi lake

by Robert Grac
Title
Sunset on Malawi lake
Artist
Robert Grac
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Photograph - Photography
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Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
It is the ninth largest lake in the world and the third largest and second deepest lake in Africa.
The lake has a total surface area of about 29,600 square kilometres (11,400 sq mi). he lake is 706 m (2,316 ft) at its deepest point, located in a major depression in the north-central part.
The largest river flowing into it is the Ruhuhu River, and there is an outlet at its southern end, the Shire River, a tributary that flows into the very large Zambezi River in Mozambique.
The lake is about 350 kilometres (220 mi) southeast of Lake Tanganyika, another of the great lakes of the East African Rift.
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September 7th, 2018
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