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Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Tukombo

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Tukombo.

12.0927°S 34.0573°E

Tukombo is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km north-east of Mtawali.

Where it is

Tukombo is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (181 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Kande Island 11 mi north-east · Bandawe Point 14 mi north-east · Makuzi Beach 14 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: Salima (south-east shore) (~188 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1002 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

73°77°81°85°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (2)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (2)–MApr: 81 °F mean (79 °F–83 °F), 20 clear satellite daysAMay: 79 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 70 clear satellite daysMJun: 77 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 136 clear satellite daysJJul: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 164 clear satellite daysJAug: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 227 clear satellite daysASep: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 221 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 117 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–84 °F), 42 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (1)–D
Surface temperature by month near Tukombo — 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: Tukombo

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.

Diplotaxodon (1)

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