Lake Malawi-African great lake

 Lake Malawi, which is also known as Lake Nyassa in some of its housing countries. The lake is shared by several countries. It is a rift formation on Africas East Rift system. The southern end of the rift is where the lake formed. Malawi is the third largest lake in Africa and the eighth largest known in the world today. Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi share the lake; of course Malawi is where the majority of the lake is located as the country also gave the lake its most well known name after the country. In Africa it is the second deepest lake with a depth of 2,365 feet to the deepest point known. The Northern end of the lake is very shallow though and by treading the waters there is really no way to tell that it is so deep at least in the north end. The lakes tropical climate makes it home to numerous species of fish and marine life giving it the record of being the most diverse freshwater body on earth.