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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.
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.
The dam creates the Victoria Reservoir, which has a surface area of 22.7 km 2 (8.8 sq mi), gross storage capacity of 722,000,000 m 3 (2.55 × 10 10 cu ft), and a catchment area of 1,869 km 2 (722 sq mi). [2] Water from the dam is fed to the powerhouse at via a 5,646 m (18,524 ft) long tunnel, which houses three penstocks of 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Kala Wewa (Sinhala:කලා වැව), built by the King Datusena in 460 CE, is a reservoir complex consisting of two reservoirs, Kala Wewa and Balalu Wewa. It has the capacity to store 123 million cubic meters of water.
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.
The collection won the Andhra Sahitya Academy Award in 1979 and is regarded as one of the finest Telugu short story collections of the 20th century. [2] It has been praised for its imaginative storytelling and depiction of rural life. A television series based on the stories, titled Amaravati Ki Kathayein (1995), was directed by Shyam Benegal. [2]