Lake Chiuta is a shallow lake on the border between Malawi and Mozambique. It lies to the north of Lake Chilwa and to the south of Lake Amaramba, which has no outlet, and the lakes are separated by a sandy ridge. Both lakes lie in a graben which runs northeast-southwest, east of the main African Rift Valley.
Lake Chiuta is 3-4 meters deep and ranges in size from 25 to 130 square kilometers, depending on the season and rainfall. Lake Chiuta and Amaramba is intermittently linked to the Lujenda River, a tributary of the Ruvuma River.
Mean Depth: 1.13 m / average surface area: 199 km² / average volume: 0.225 km³ / encatchment area: 1755 km² (Ojda 1994)
Lake Chiuta can dessicate completely (Owen et al. 198?)
Predominant commercial fish species: Oreochromis shiranus shiranus (Chambo), Clarias griepinus (Mlamba), Barbus paludinosus (Matemba) / 37 fish species recorded in total (Ojda 1994)
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