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Minneriya tank [1] is a reservoir in Sri Lanka made by an old civilisation; the Anuradhapura Kingdom. King Mahasena ordered a dam build across the Minneriya River, which made the lake. The tank covered 4,670 acres (18.9 km 2). The Minneriya Tank was built by the great tank builder, King Mahasen (276–303) who ruled in Anuradhapura. [2]
The Mahavamsa, chronicle of Sri Lanka, states that Mahasen constructed sixteen large tanks and two irrigation canals. The largest among these is the Minneriya tank, which covers an area of 4,670 acres (18.9 km 2). [4] The tank has a circumference of 21 miles (34 km), and its 44-foot (13 m) high bund is 1.25 miles (2.01 km) long. The Minneriya ...
The Minneriya tank contributes to sustain a large herd. Elephants gathered here is numbering around 150–200. [4] Some reports account number of elephants to as high as 700. [5] They migrate here from Wasgamuwa National Park and benefit from food and shelter of the park's forest. Tourists visit Minneriya largely because of elephants ...
In the late 1800s CE an effort was made to reclaim and reorganise the surviving remnants of the tank cascade system; water sluices were replaced on several hundred tanks, and restoration projects were initiated for larger elements including Yodha Ela canal, Kala Wewa tank, Kantale tank, Giant's Tank and Minneriya-Elahara. [22]
Large water birds such as spot-billed pelican and lesser adjutant visit the Kaudulla tank. Fish species in the tank include the freshwater Oreochromis mossambicus. Fejervarya pulla is an endemic amphibian to Sri Lanka that inhabits the National Park. [4] Freshwater turtles, Indian flap-shelled turtle and Indian black turtle are the noteworthy ...
The Giritale tank (Sinhala: ගිරිතලේ වැව) is a reservoir in Giritale and Minneriya in Sri Lanka. It was built by King Agbo II (608-618). It is believed that the tank was renovated by King Parakramabahu, the Great (1153–1186). [2] Later, it was subjected to renovation in 1905, 1942 and 1952 during colonial era. [1]
Yodha Ela functions in a way of a moving reservoir because of its single banking aspect which is different from the present day double banking irrigation canals'. It feeds water in an area of 470 km 2 (180 sq mi) feeding 4,630 ha (11,400 acres) of paddy lands and 120 small tanks on its way from Kala Wewa to Tissa Wewa [7]
The tank was renovated several times in the past as in the period of British Governor Sir William Henry Gregory (1872–1877 [1] and Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1883–1890). [6] After the British rule in the country and in 1958, the tank's bund was reconstructed connecting the tank with Balalu Wewa .