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Location: Nyika National Park, Malawi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Map showing location of Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
View to Nganda Hill with typical montane Nyika landscape of rolling grasslands with small patches of evergreen forest.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Lake Kaulime with Lobelia mildbraedii growing in the montane bogs.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Thazima Gate
General Information
Quarter degree square: 1033B4, 1033D1-4 and smaller parts in 1033B3, 1034A3 & 1034C1 Country: Malawi Habitat: Montane grasslands, rocky areas, subalpine vegetation, (sub) montane evergreen forest, woodland, exotic plantations, dams and streams. Altitude range: c. 1650 - 2607 m Annual rainfall: Location (short): Large montane plateau in northern Malawi and a small area in adjacent Zambia Location (detailed): A small western portion of the upper plateau lies across the border in Zambia and has also been designated as a national Park by that country under the same name: Nyika National Park, Zambia. |
Description
Nyika National Park is Malawi’s largest national park covering an area of 3200 km². The park was first established in 1966 and extended in 1978.
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