Mdowa
m-DOH-wah (approx.)
The atlas records 22 collection-point forms from Mdowa, across 16 genera.
10.3396°S 34.2034°E
Mdowa is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 3 km south-east of Chesese.
Where it is
Mdowa is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its northern third (60 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Lushununu 1 mi south-east · Chesese 1.9 mi north-west · Chewere 2.5 mi south-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.
Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~380 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across May–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (883 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
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.
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.