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Mahaweli River, the Glossary

The Mahaweli River (මහවැලි ගඟ, literally "Great Sandy River"; மகாவலி ஆறு), is a long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka.^[1]

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23 relations: Adam's Peak, Bay of Bengal, Dam, Drainage basin, Food and Agriculture Organization, Gampola, Harbor, Horton Plains National Park, Hydroelectricity, International Water Management Institute, Irrigation, Kirigalpotta, Kotmale Oya, List of rivers of Sri Lanka, Mahaweli Development programme, McFarland & Company, Oxford University Press, River, Routledge, Sri Lanka, Submarine canyon, Totapolakanda, Trincomalee Bay.
Rivers of Sri Lanka

Adam's Peak

Adam's Peak is a tall conical sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka.

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Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.

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Gampola

Gampola (ගම්පොල, கம்பளை) is a town located in Kandy District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province.

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Harbor

A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.

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Horton Plains National Park

Horton Plains National Park (Hortan Thanna Jathika Udyanaya) is a national park in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that was designated in 1988.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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International Water Management Institute

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit international water management research organisation under the CGIAR with its headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and offices across Africa and Asia.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Kirigalpotta

Kirigalpotta is the 2nd tallest mountain in Sri Lanka at above mean sea level, and is also the highest mountain in the country whose summit is accessible to the general public (the highest point, Pidurutalagala, is occupied by a military base and off-limits to the public). Mahaweli River and Kirigalpotta are Sri Lanka geography stubs.

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Kotmale Oya

The Kotmale River (කොත්මලේ ඔය) is the longest tributary of Mahaweli River. Mahaweli River and Kotmale Oya are Asia river stubs, rivers of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka geography stubs.

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List of rivers of Sri Lanka

The following table lists most rivers of Sri Lanka. Mahaweli River and list of rivers of Sri Lanka are rivers of Sri Lanka.

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Mahaweli Development programme

The Mahaweli Development program (මහවැලි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන) is known as the largest multipurpose national development program in the history of Sri Lanka and is also considered the keystone of the government's development program that was initiated in 1961.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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River

A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Submarine canyon

A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to, from canyon floor to canyon rim, as with the Great Bahama Canyon.

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Totapolakanda

Totapolakanda (also Thotupolakanda or Thotupola Kanda), is the third highest mountain in Sri Lanka situated in Nuwara Eliya district above mean sea level. Mahaweli River and Totapolakanda are Sri Lanka geography stubs.

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Trincomalee Bay

Trincomalee Bay, also known as Koddiyar Bay, is a bay in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaweli_River

Also known as Amban Ganga, Mahavali Gangai, Mahaweli, Mahaweli Ganga.