Lufira (Lake Malawi)
| Lufira | ||
 The Lufira (top left) |
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| Data | ||
| location |
Northern Malawi region
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| River system | Zambezi | |
| Drain over | Lake Malawi → Shire → Zambezi → Indian Ocean | |
| muzzle | between Karonga and Kaporo in Lake Malawi Coordinates: 9 ° 48 ′ 8 ″ S , 33 ° 54 ′ 18 ″ E 9 ° 48 ′ 8 ″ S , 33 ° 54 ′ 18 ″ E |
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| Mouth height |
477 m
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| length | 70 km | |
The Lufira is a river in Malawi .
course
It rises in the rainy Musuku Hills 20 kilometers east of Chitipa and flows into Lake Malawi after only 70 kilometers about 10 kilometers north of Karonga .
The river is not to be confused with the Lufira (Lualaba) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
fishing
According to the FAO, the rivers Bua , Dwangwa , Lilongwe , Lufira, Northern Rukuru , Songwe and Southern Rukuru together have a fishing potential of 15,000 t per year. Between 4,000 and 17,000 t are actually caught.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Google Earth