MALAWI - AFRICA - HOLIDAYS
Location, climate, attractions - Madonna in Malawi.

Location of Malawi.

The capital of Malawi is Lilongwe .
Geography
Malawi is a small country in East Africa that has no mouth to the sea, extends from north to south along Lake Nyasa. It borders with Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia. Malawi (in any translation: namely, "the light shines on the lake - lake shining"), another name for the lake - Nyasa .
Much of the eastern boundary is Lake Nyasa Malawi - the third largest lake in Africa (after Lake Victoria and Tanganyika). East African tectonic zone passes through Malawi , Creating a vast valley around the lake. Most of the country - the mountainous area of ​​mountains and plateaus Nyika, Total area - 118.500 km square of the southern tip of Lake Nyasa river flows Shire , Which is a tributary of the Zambezi. To the east and west of Lake Nyasa in the landscape is dominated by high plateaus. Located on the north plateau Nyika reaches 2600 m above sea level, south of Lake Nyasa extends the Shire highlands, which goes into the mountain range Mlandżi , The highest point - Sapitva (3002 meters above sea level.). This is one of the most seismic regions in Africa.

Climate Malawi.

Tropical monsoon with dry winters and humid summers. The rainy season - from mid-October (or early November) until mid or late April, the dry season lasts from May to October-November. Most of the precipitation (during the year: 750-1000 mm. In the valleys and up to 2500 mm. In mountainous areas) occurs in the period November to March (southern hemisphere summer). The temperature of warmest month of November, from +20-23 C in the mountains, to 27 C in the valleys, in July, cool - from 14 C to 19 C (July - the month most cool). In the mountains there are frosts and temperatures below 0 ° C.

Lake Malawi (Nyasa).

One of the most beautiful places in Africa - Lake Malawi (Nyasa) - extends from north to south and has 600 km long and 80 km.szerokości. In its depths (700 m) is located to 500 species of fish (including 180 endemic .) From Malawi derives 70% of freshwater aquarium fish ( cichlids .) Cichlids are creatures so numerous, that represent 5% of all vertebrates on the planet. The area on the southern edge of the lake, located within the boundaries of Malawi, since 1980, is protected within the Lake Malawi National Park. This park in 1984, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Madonna and Malawi

Madonna has done much to draw attention to problems with one of the poorest African countries - Malawi. She has performed, from which income is allocated to provide for orphans of this country, and now singer finance the construction of a boarding school for girls. Several years ago, she adopted the boy and girl this year, Mercy James .

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