Lilongwe River

The Lilongwe in Thuma

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The Lilongwe is like the Dwangwa a river in Malawi, which drains the central highlands. Both rivers have deep valleys, creating geographic subdivisions.

The Lilongwe is about 200 km long and has its headwaters on the east side of the Dzalanyama mountain range, meanders to the capital, Lilongwe, then flows through the Lilongwetal, located at the northern slope winds the railway line reached Salima, behind which he is in a floodplain spreads and a little north of Chipoka empties into Lake Malawi. The river is home to wildlife, including crocodiles.

The rivers Bua, Dwangwa, Lilongwe, Lufira, Northern Rukuru, Songwe, Southern Rukuru together according to the FAO, a fishery potential of 15,000 tonnes per year. In fact, to be caught 4000-17000 t.