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Jogolafe kapena chilengedwe cha dziko la Malawi


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Malawi ndi dziko lopanda mtunda kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Africa, kumalire ndi Zambia kumpoto chakumadzulo, Tanzania kumpoto chakum'mawa, ndi Mozambique kumwera, kumwera chakumadzulo ndi kumwera chakum'mawa. Ili pakati pa latitudes 9° ndi 18°S, ndi longitude 32° ndi 36°E.

Chigwa Chachigwa Chachikulu chimadutsa m’dzikoli kuchokera kumpoto mpaka kum’mwera, ndipo chakum’mawa kwa chigwachi kuli Nyanja ya Malawi (yotchedwanso Nyanja ya Nyasa), yomwe ili m’magawo atatu mwa anayi a malire a kum’mawa kwa Malawi. Nyanja ya Malawi nthawi zina imatchedwa Nyanja ya Calendar chifukwa ndi ya makilomita pafupifupi 587 m’litali ndi makilomita 84 m’lifupi. Mtsinje wa Shire umayenda kuchokera kumalekezero akumwera kwa nyanjayi ndipo umalumikizana ndi mtsinje wa Zambezi makilomita 400 (250 mi) kumwera kwa Mozambique. Nyanja ya Malawi ili pamtunda wa mamita 457 (1,500 ft) pamwamba pa nyanja, ndipo kuya kwake kumafika mamita 701 (2,300 ft), kutanthauza kuti pansi pa nyanjayi ndi mamita oposa 213 (700 ft) pansi pa nyanja.

M'madera amapiri a Malawi ozungulira Rift Valley, mapiri amakwera mamita 914 mpaka 1,219 (3,000 mpaka 4,000 ft) pamwamba pa nyanja, ngakhale kuti ena amatalika mamita 2,438 (8,000 ft) kumpoto. Kum'mwera kwa Nyanja ya Malawi kuli mapiri a Shire, omwe amayenda pang'onopang'ono pamtunda wa mamita 914 (3,000 ft) pamwamba pa nyanja. M’derali, nsonga za mapiri a Zomba ndi Mulanje zimafika kutalika kwa mamita 2,134 ndi 3,048 (7,000 ndi 10,000 ft).

Likulu la dziko la Malawi ndi Lilongwe, ndipo likulu lake la zamalonda ndi Blantyre komwe kuli anthu opitilira 500,000. Dziko la Malawi lili ndi malo awiri omwe alembedwa pa UNESCO World Heritage List. Nyanja ya Malawi National Park idalembedwa koyamba mchaka cha 1984 ndipo malo a Chongoni Rock Art Area adalembedwa mu 2006.

Nyengo ya dziko la Malawi ndi yotentha m’madera otsika kum’mwera kwa dzikolo komanso kumapiri a kumpoto. Kumtunda kumachepetsa nyengo yomwe ikanakhala ya equator. Pakati pa November ndi April, kutentha kumakhala kotentha ndi mvula ya equatorial ndi mabingu, ndi mphepo yamkuntho ikufika pachimake chakumapeto kwa March. Pambuyo pa March, mvula imachepa mofulumira, ndipo kuyambira May mpaka September nkhungu zonyowa zimayandama kuchokera kumapiri kupita kumapiri, popanda pafupifupi mvula yomwe imagwa m'miyezi imeneyi.

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Nyama zakubadwa ku Malawi zikuphatikizapo nyama zoyamwitsa monga njovu, mvuu, agwape, njati, amphaka akulu, anyani, zipembere ndi mileme; mitundu yambiri ya mbalame kuphatikizapo mbalame zodya nyama, mbalame zotchedwa parrot ndi makokoni, mbalame zam'madzi ndi mbalame zazikulu, akadzidzi ndi mbalame zoimba nyimbo. Nyanja ya Malawi imadziwika kuti ndi imodzi mwa nyama za m'nyanja yolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komwe kumakhala nyama zoyamwitsa zokwana 200, mbalame 650, moluska 30+, ndi mitundu 5,500+ ya zomera.

Madera asanu ndi awiri a dziko lapansi ali m'malire a dziko la Malawi: Central Zambezian miombo woodlands, Eastern miombo woodlands, Southern miombo woodlands, Zambezian and mopane woodlands, Zambezian flooded grasslands, South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic, and Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic.