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  2. Tank cascade system - Wikipedia

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    Rain clouds over a tank in Sri Lanka The tank cascade system ( Sinhala : එල්ලංගාව , romanized: ellaṅgāva ) is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka . It is a network of thousands of small irrigation tanks ( Sinhala : වැව , romanized: wewa ) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and ...

  3. Sri Lankan irrigation network - Wikipedia

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    Long after King Pandukabhaya, King Parākramabāhu I had many tanks built, with one large tank called Parakrama samudraya still providing significant water for agriculture. Many rulers of Sri Lanka contributed to the development and construction of tanks all over the Raja Rata, the northern part of the country. [2]

  4. Giant's Tank - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] The waters were then diverted to Giant's Tank by a 12 mi (19 km) inlet channel (alawakkai). [1] [8] The tank had a catchment area of 38 sq mi (98 km 2). [1] The name Giant's Tank was the English translation of the local name for the tank - Sodayan Kattu Karai (giant built embankment). [1] [7] The tank is now known as Kattukarai Kulam in ...

  5. Giritale Tank - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Category:Reservoirs in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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  7. Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lankan chronicle, the Culavamsa which was written in the Buddhist canonical language Pali, enumerates his works both as a provincial ruler in western Sri Lanka and later as the monarch of the whole country: he either built or restored 163 major tanks (reservoirs), 2,617 minor tanks, 3,910 irrigation channels, 328 stone sluices and 168 ...

  8. Kantale Dam - Wikipedia

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    The tank was built by Kulakkottan (604-614 AD) and further developed by King Parakramabahu the Great. [2] It was also known as Gangathala Vapi at the time. The reservoir has a catchment area of 216 km 2 (83 sq mi) and a capacity of 135 million cubic metres (4.8 × 10 9 cu ft).

  9. Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka-China relations started as soon as the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949. The two countries signed an important Rubber-Rice Pact in 1952. [248] Sri Lanka played a vital role at the Asian–African Conference in 1955, which was an important step in the crystallisation of the NAM. [249]