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fiogf49gjkf0d MALAWI IS A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN SOUTH EAST AFRICA. IT
COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 118,485 SQ.KM. THE COUNTRY
IS BORDERED BY ZAMBIA TO THE WEST, MOZAMBIQUE TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST AND TANZANIA TO THE NORTH.
THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY, RUNS THROUGH THE COUNTRY FROM NORTH
TO SOUTH AND INCLUDES THE LAKE NYASA. THIS LAKE IS ATLEAST
10166 SQ.KM.LONG. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST & DEEPEST LAKES
IN THE WORLD. THE SHIRE RIVER VALLEY IS IN THE EAST, WITH
THE SHIRE RIVER BEING LAKE NYASA'S ONLY OUTLET.
THE CENTRAL REGION IS A BROAD PLATEAU, WITH HEIGHTS RISING
TO 800M AND 1400M. THIS REGION COVERS ALMOST THREE QUARTERS
OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA TO THE WEST. THE HIGHLANDS REGION
CONSISTS OF TWO PLATEAUS: THE NYIKA AND VIAPA. BOTH OF
THESE RISE TO ABOUT 2560M IN THE NORTH. SAPITWA PEAK IN THE
MULANJE MASSIF IS THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK.
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