Tafkin Chilwa

Tafkin Chilwa
General information
Height above mean sea level (en)	627 m
Tsawo	60 km
Fadi	40 km
Yawan fili	1,200 km²
Vertical depth (en)	2 m
Volume (en)	1.8 km³
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	15°18′S 35°42′E
Kasa	Malawi
Territory	Gundumar Zomba
Hydrography (en)
Inflow (en)	duba Songani River (en) Phalombe River (en) Domasi River (en) Naisi River (en)
Watershed area (en)	7,500 km²
Ruwan ruwa	Chilwa Basin (en)

tafkin Chilwa shine tafkin na biyu mafi girma a Malawi bayan Tafkin Malawi . Yana cikin gabashin Gundumar Zomba, kusa da iyakar Mozambique. Kimanin kilomita 60 da nisan kilomita 40, tafkin yana kewaye da manyan wuraren da ke da ruwa. Akwai tsibiri a tsakiyar tafkin da ake kira Chisi Island . Tafkin ba shi da mafita, kuma matakin ruwa yana da tasiri sosai ta hanyar ruwan sama na yanayi da kuma lokacin rani. A shekara ta 1968, tafkin ya ɓace a lokacin yanayin fari na musamman. Lokacin da David Livingstone ya ziyarci tafkin a shekara ta 1859, ya ba da rahoton cewa iyakar kudancin ta kai har zuwa Mulanje Massif, wanda zai sanya tafkin aƙalla kilomita 32 (20 ya fi tsayi fiye da yadda yake a yau.  

Hukumar Raya Kasa da Kasa ta Denmark, tare da hadin gwiwar Gwamnatin Malawi tana aiki don tabbatar da kiyaye tafkin da wuraren da ke da ruwa. An gabatar da Shirin Canjin Yanayi na Lake Chilwa Basin (LCBCCAP) don kiyaye yankin mai mahimmanci, wanda ba kawai muhimmiyar wuri ce ga namun daji na gida ba, har ma da babbar tushe ga kayayyakin kifi a yankin.

Dabbobi na daji

Mafi yawan nau'ikan kifi na Tafkin Chilwa sune Barbus paludinosus, Oreochromis shiranus chilwae, Clarias gariepinus, Brycinus imberi da Gnathonemus. Tafkin yana tallafawa yawan tsuntsayen ruwa na kusan miliyan 1.5 tare da kimanin nau'o'i 160 daban-daban. Wasu daga cikin wadannan suna ƙaura tare da Hanyar jirgin sama ta Asiya - Gabashin Afirka daga Siberia a kowace shekara. Tare da nau'ikan tsuntsaye goma sha biyu, adadin ya fi 1% na yawan jama'ar su. Yawan mutanen da ke kewaye da su suna da yawa kuma suna girma, kuma ana farautar tsuntsayen ruwa don abinci lokacin da matakin ruwa ya yi ƙasa kuma kamun kifi yana da matsala. Ana yin ƙoƙari don tabbatar da cewa ana farauta ta hanyar da ta dace.

Tattalin Arziki

Yammacin gabar Tafkin Chilwa, Tsibirin Chisi a nesa.

Kimanin ƙauyuka 335 tare da mazauna sama da 60,000 suna yin kamun kifi a tafkin, kuma suna jan sama da tan 17,000 a kowace shekara, 20% na duk kifin da aka kama a Malawi.