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The main concrete dam measures approximately 350 m (1,150 ft) and creates the Rajanganaya Reservoir, which has a catchment area of 76,863.60 hectares (189,934.1 acres) and a total storage capacity of 100.37 million cubic metres (3,545 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft).
The Victoria Dam on 15 April 2011, three days after its 26th anniversary of opening Randenigala Dam in 2013 Upstream view of the Kotmale Dam Open spillways of the Rajanganaya Dam. Irrigation dams with a length and height of more than 100 m (330 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) are listed, including all the state-run hydroelectric power stations.
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Parakrama Samudra, an ancient reservoir in Polonnaruwa. Moat surrounding Sigiriya.. The irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka were some of the most complex irrigation systems of the ancient world.
The three large spillways of the dam. The Randenigala Dam is located 19 km (11.8 mi) downstream of the Victoria Dam, and 2.8 km (1.7 mi) upstream of the Rantembe Dam. Randenigala measures 94 m (308 ft) in height, 485 m (1,591 ft) in length, with a crest and base width of 10 m (33 ft) and 303 m (994 ft) respectively.
Hatthikuchchi Archaeological Museum (also known as Rajanganaya Museum) is one of the archaeological museums in Hatthikuchchi, Sri Lanka. The museum has been categorised as a site museum. [ 2 ] It was built in 1990 at Tambutta, Mailewa area close to Haththikuchchi Vihara.
Thompson was 7 when she saw the dead fish floating in the river, and that memory has stayed with her. She saw it as evidence that dam removal was essential for restoring the river's health.
After the construction of Kala Wewa was completed, the king built another tank called Balalu Wewa (Sinhala: බලලු වැව) nearby and connected the two tanks together, with the resulting combined tank being the largest in Sri Lanka. [2] King Mahinda II, who ruled the country from 777 to 797 CE, expanded the tank further.