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By the late 1960s the tank's bund was 2 mi (3 km) long and 24 ft (7 m) high whilst the tank's storage capacity was 35,300 acre⋅ft (43,541,909 m 3) and its water spread area was 3,150 acres (1,275 ha). [2] There was a 500 ft (152 m) spill on the left bank and two spills on the right bank - 1,200 ft (366 m) and 700 ft (213 m). [2]
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The earliest examples of irrigation works in Sri Lanka date from about 430 BCE, during the reign of King Pandukabhaya, and were under continuous development for the next thousand years. In addition to constructing underground canals , the Sinhalese were the first to build completely artificial reservoirs to store water , referred to as tanks ...
Nilavarai (Tamil: நிலாவரை, romanized: Nilāvarai) is a location in the Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.It is popular for a natural underground Water well (Called Nilavari Bottomless well) where the water never gets depleted and it serves the irrigation of the neighbouring fields. [1]
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The Rantembe Dam, located just 2.8 km (1.7 mi) downstream of the Randenigala Dam, measures 42 m (138 ft) in height, 420 m (1,378 ft) in length, and consists of 4 tainter gate spillways with a combined discharge capacity of 10,235 m 3 /s (361,446 cu ft/s).
According to the Ceylon Electricity Board, the US$455 million first phase generates nearly 1.7 TWh of electricity annually — a significant amount when compared to Sri Lanka's total production of 11.5 TWh in 2011. [4] The plant is connected to the grid via 115 km (71 mi) 220-kilovolt transmission line to Veyangoda.
Toggle the table of contents. Tissa Wewa (Anuradhapura) 3 languages. ... Sri Lanka: Surface area: 550 acres (2.23 km 2) Embankment of Tissa Wewa.