The Malawi Connection

The Malawi Connection

Lake Malawi is the centre of the explosive evolution of a single family of fish, the Cichlids.
On the lakeshore, rolling hills of montane grassland host an array of African animals in a different environment from the much-abused setting of the savanna.

Lake Malawi is one of the largest lakes on earth.

It stretches for 600 kilometres along the Great Rift Valley, reaching 80 kilometres at its widest point.

In this ancient lake a phenomenal explosive evolution of fish has occurred: there are about 700 species - astonishingly a greater number than can be found in all the freshwater bodies of Europe and North America combined.

But also the shores of the lake host great biodiversity. Roan antelopes, elands, reedbucks, and their predators, are to be found along the coastline and on the hills above it. The landscape is unique and very unusual for the whole of Africa.

30’ - As an episode of the Series Forgotten Edens