About Lake Chilwa

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Lake Chilwa is the second-largest lake in Malawi after Lake Malawi. It is in eastern Zomba District, near the border with Mozambique. Approximately 60 km long and 40 km wide, the lake is surrounded by extensive wetlands. There is a large island in the middle of the lake called Chisi Island. The lake has no outlet, and the level of water is greatly affected by seasonal rains and summer evaporation. In 1968, the lake disappeared during exceptionally dry weather. When David Livingstone visited the lake in 1859, he reported that its southern boundary reached as far as the Mulanje Massif, which would have made the lake at least 20 miles longer than it is today.

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Zomba, Malawi

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Lake Malawi National Park

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Chongoni Rock Art Area

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Samora Machel Bridge

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Dona Ana Bridge

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Eastern miombo woodlands

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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

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Cattedrale di Nostra Signora della Salvezza (Quelimane)

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Old Cathedral of Quelimane

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Cahora Bassa Dam

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Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Nampula

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Nampula Airport

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Beira Airport

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Estação Ferroviária da Beira

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Farol do Rio Macuti

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Casa dos Bicos (Beira)

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Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Beira

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Grande Hotel Beira

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Fortim de São Lourenço da Ilha de Moçambique

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Igreja de Santo António (Ilha de Moçambique)

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Fortim de Santo António na Ilha de Moçambique

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Island of Mozambique

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Palácio dos Capitães-Generais (Ilha de Moçambique)

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Fort São Sebastião

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Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte

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Fort São Caetano

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Nyika National Park

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St. Paul's Cathedral, Pemba

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Pemba Airport (Mozambique)

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Quirimbas National Park

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Fortificações do Ibo

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