Nyasa,Lake

Nyasa,Lake
Ny·as·a (nī-ăsʹə, nyäʹsä), Lake also Lake Malawi
A lake of southeast-central Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi. It was named by David Livingstone in 1899.

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