Lake Nyasa National Park is a national park located in Malawi at the southern tip of Lake Nyasa in the southeast part of the country. Its water area occupies only 0.3% of the total area of the lake (and, accordingly, only this area of the lake is protected).
| Lake Nyasa National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
| basic information | |
| Area | 94 km² |
| Established | November 24, 1980 |
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| A country |
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 World Heritage Site | |
| Lake malawi national park | |
| Link | No. 289 on the World Heritage List |
| Criteria | vii, ix, x |
| Region | Africa |
| Inclusion | 1984 ( 8th session ) |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Geography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
History
In 1934, several islands on the lake were declared forest reserves and bird sanctuaries. In 1972, the area of protected areas was expanded to include Cape Macleer and a number of other territories. On November 24, 1980, a national park was created on this territory. The park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984, becoming the first freshwater lake included in this list [1] . In Monkey Bay on the lake, there is a research station at the Malawi Ministry of Fisheries.
Geography
It is the only national park in Malawi designed to protect fish and aquatic environments. Despite this, Lake Nyasa National Park includes a fair amount of land, including several small islands. It is also home to animals such as baboons . The large baobab , allegedly over 800 years old, is said to have been Dr. David Livingstone's favorite tree, which he used as a place to read sermons and talk with other missionaries. The graves of the first five missionaries are also located in the park.
Many endemic species of fish make the lake a typical example of specialized evolution, and for a large number of endemic species it is sometimes called "Galapagos"; In total, about 1000 species of fish live here, and about 90% of them are “local”. The lake is especially famous for the number of fish of the cichlidae family - about 400 of their species live here, or 30% of the known representatives of this family, 5 of them are endemic.
Fishing on the lake is prohibited with the help of any nets, but fishing with fishing rods, including from boats, is not prohibited.
Cape Macleer
Boats on the lake
Orlan screamer fishing
Fisherman at sunrise
Notes
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center. Lake Malawi National Park . whc.unesco.org. Date of treatment June 4, 2018.