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Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Malembo

mah-LEHM-boh (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Malembo.

14.2289°S 34.8127°E

Malembo is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 15 km south-south-west of Pumulani Lodge.

Where it is

Malembo is at the southern end of Lake Malawi, 329 mi south of the lake's northern tip.

Nearest collection points: Chirombo Bay 11 mi north-east · Kanchedza Island 11 mi north-east · Mazinzi Reef 12 mi north-east

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: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~26 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 74 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1492 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

72°76°80°84°Jan: too few clear satellite days (1)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (2)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (8)–MApr: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 49 clear satellite daysAMay: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 166 clear satellite daysMJun: 76 °F mean (74 °F–78 °F), 233 clear satellite daysJJul: 74 °F mean (73 °F–75 °F), 248 clear satellite daysJAug: 75 °F mean (73 °F–76 °F), 292 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (74 °F–79 °F), 285 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 141 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–84 °F), 61 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (6)–D
Surface temperature by month near Malembo — 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 — Lake Malawi interactive locations map: Malembo

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.

Oreochromis (1)

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