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Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Chizi Point

CHEE-zee POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Chizi Point.

11.6650°S 34.3281°E

Chizi Point is a point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km south-east of Dindano Beach.

Where it is

Chizi Point is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (152 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Mundola Point 2.1 mi north-west · Nkhata Bay 4.2 mi north-west · Chindozwa Point 5 mi north

Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.

The water

Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~232 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across May–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (892 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

74°77°80°83°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (1)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (1)–MApr: too few clear satellite days (8)–AMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 49 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 111 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (74 °F–77 °F), 137 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (74 °F–77 °F), 221 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 200 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 112 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 51 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (1)–D
Surface temperature by month near Chizi Point — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Chizi Point, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery

Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.

Nyassachromis (1)

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