Question

People living around this lake catch millions of midges by waving around nets or an oiled frying pan and compress them to make a savory cake called kunga. Surfing on this lake is enabled by strong mwera winds. The exclave islands of Chizumulu (15[1])and Likoma (15[1])lie in this lake. (15[2]-5[1])Two (-5[1])countries that border this lake refer to it by a name that translates from (15[1])Yao as “Lake Lake.” (15[3]-5[4])This is (-5[1])the largest lake (15[1])situated between (-5[1])the Rovuma plate and the Nubian plate. A UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrates the explosive speciation of (15[1])mbuna, haplochromine (*) cichlids (-5[1])(“SICK-lids”) endemic to this lake. This is the largest lake drained by the Shire (“SHE-ray”) River and is also called Lake Nyasa. (10[1])For 10 points, name this southernmost (10[1])of the African (10[1])Great Lakes, bordered by Tanzania, Mozambique, (10[1])and its namesake country. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Lake Malawi [accept Lake Nyasa before read] (Lake Nyasa translates to “Lake Lake.”)
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