Lake Malawi (English spelling)

Japanese: マラウィ[湖](英語表記)Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi (English spelling)
A large lake in southeastern Africa, it was known as Lake Nyasa for a long time, but the old name was revived with the birth of the Republic of Malawi in 1964. It is a sunken lake in the Great African Rift Valley, stretching 570 km from north to south and about 60 km wide, with an area of ​​30,000 km2 (10th largest in the world), an elevation of 472 m above sea level, and a maximum depth of 706 m (4th largest in the world). It is drained by the Shire River (Zambezi River system) at the southern end. The water temperature is 21°C at depth and 23-27°C at the surface. It is surrounded by the three countries of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania, but 80% of the lake surface is Malawi's territory and the remaining 20% ​​is Mozambique's territory.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アフリカ南東部の大湖で,長い間ニヤサNyasa湖と呼ばれてきたが,1964年のマラウィ共和国の誕生とともに古い名が復活した。アフリカ大地溝帯に含まれる陥没湖で,南北570km,幅60km前後,面積は3万km2(世界10位),湖面標高は472m,最大深度は706m(世界4位)におよぶ。南端のシーレ川(ザンベジ川水系)によって排水される。水温は深部で21℃,表部は23~27℃である。マラウィ,モザンビーク,タンザニアの3国に囲まれるが,湖面の80%はマラウィ領,残り20%がモザンビーク領である。

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