Lake Chilwa
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.
NASA, Public domain.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 627 metres (2,057 feet)
- …is also known as “Lake Shirwa”
- Description: lake in Malawi
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Latitude
-15.3° or 15° 18′ south
Longitude
35.7° or 35° 42′ east
Open location code
5GPQPM2X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Lake Chilwa” goes by many names.
ChilwameerAfrikaans
بحيرة تشلوةArabic
ЧылваBelarusian
चिलवा झीलBhojpuri
ချီဝကန်Burmese
Llac ChilwaCatalan
奇爾瓦湖Chinese
ChilwaCroatian
ChilwaCzech
ChilwasøenDanish
ChilwameerDutch
Lake ChilwaDutch
بحيره تشلوهEgyptian Arabic
ChilwajärviFinnish
ჩილვაGeorgian
Tafkin ChilwaHausa
Ọdọ Mmiri ChilwaIgbo
Danau ChilwaIndonesian
Lago ChilwaItalian
チルワ湖Japanese
Ikiyaga cya ChilwaKinyarwanda
Čilvas ezersLatvian
ČilvaLithuanian
ChilwasjøenNorwegian
ChilwasjøenNorwegian Bokmål
Nyanja ya chirwaNyanja
دریاچه چیلواPersian
ChilwaPolish
ЧилваRussian
ЧилваSerbian
ČilvaSlovenian
Jezero ČilvaSlovenian
Harada ChilwaSomali
Ziwa ChilwaSwahili
ChilwasjönSwedish
Letsha la ChilwaTswana
Nyanja ya ChilwaTumbuka
Chilwa GölüTurkish
ЧилваUkrainian
lago ChilwaVenetian
Hồ ChilwaVietnamese
Danaw ChilwaWaray (Philippines)
Llyn ChilwaWelsh
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