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Most of these dams are governed by the Mahaweli Authority, while the Ceylon Electricity Board operates dams used for hydroelectric power generation. Hydroelectric dams, including small hydros, account for nearly half of the installed power capacity of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is pockmarked with many irrigation dams, with its water resource ...
This is a list of dams on the Brahmaputra River and hydro–infrastructure in the Brahmaputra River Basin which is a key constituent of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin of Himalayan rivers. Brahmaputra originates near Mount Kailash , flows through Tibet where it is called Yarlung Tsangpo .
Pages in category "Dams in Sri Lanka" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
2.4.7 Sri Lanka. 2.5 ... Naghlu Dam in Afghanistan Kaptai Dam in Bangladesh Three Gorges Dam in China Shing Mun Dam in Hong Kong ... Tajchy artificial water ...
The Gal Oya Dam (also known as Inginiyagala Dam) is an embankment dam in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. The dam creates one of the largest reservoirs in the country, the Gal Oya Reservoir. Water from the reservoir is used primarily for irrigation in the Uva and Eastern provinces, in
The Kotmale Dam is a large hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Kotmale, Sri Lanka. The dam generates power from three 67 MW turbines, with a total installed capacity to 201 MW, making it the second largest hydroelectric power station in Sri Lanka. Construction on the dam began in August 1979 and was ceremonially completed in February 1985. [1]
The Deduru Oya Dam is an embankment dam built across the Deduru River in Kurunegala District of Sri Lanka. Built in 2014, the primary purpose of the dam is to retain for irrigation purposes approximately a billion cubic metres of water, which would otherwise flow out to sea. Site studies of the dam began in 2006 and construction started in 2008.
Senanayake Samudraya was formed by damming the Gal Oya river and other smaller rivers between a pair of mountains in Inginiyagala.. Senanayake Samudraya [2] is the largest and one of the most iconic reservoirs with an earthen dam built after receiving freedom from the British and was completed in 1953. [3]