Mahaweli River

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The Mahaweli River is the longest river in Sri Lanka, playing a crucial role in the country’s irrigation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahaweli Ganga ⓘ
basinCountry Sri Lanka ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
drainageBasin Mahaweli River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
emptiesInto Trincomalee Bay ⓘ
linked to: Trincomalee
flowsDirection generally north and northeast ⓘ
flowsThrough Kandy District ⓘ
Matale District ⓘ
Polonnaruwa District ⓘ
linked to: Polonnaruwa

Trincomalee District ⓘ
hasDam Kotmale Dam ⓘ
Polgolla Dam ⓘ
Randenigala Dam ⓘ
Rantembe Dam ⓘ
Victoria Dam ⓘ
hasTributary Amban Ganga ⓘ
Hulu Ganga ⓘ
Kotmale Oya ⓘ
Loggal Oya ⓘ
Maduru Oya ⓘ
Ulhitiya Oya ⓘ
importance largest river basin in Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfName Sinhala ⓘ
length approximately 335 km ⓘ
locatedIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
longestRiverIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
majorHydropowerPlant Kotmale Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
Randenigala Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: Randenigala Dam

Rantembe Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
Victoria Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
mouth Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
nameMeaning Great Sandy River ⓘ
partOfProject Mahaweli Development Programme ⓘ
region Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
North Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
role hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
major irrigation source ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
sourceRegion Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan central highlands ⓘ
supports rice cultivation ⓘ
settlement in dry zone of Sri Lanka ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
hydroelectricity ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

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Sri Lanka → hasRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Kandy → locatedOnRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Mahaweli River → drainageBasin → Mahaweli River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Nuwara Eliya → hasRiverSourceNearby → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Gampaha District → borderedBy → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Nawalapitiya → hasRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Gampola → locatedOnRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Victoria Reservoir → locatedOnRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Victoria Reservoir → watercourse → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Victoria Reservoir → locatedInValley → Mahaweli River valley ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Victoria Reservoir → waterSource → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Victoria Dam → crosses → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Victoria Dam → riverBasin → Mahaweli River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Randenigala Dam → locatedOnRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Randenigala Dam → locatedInRiverSystem → Mahaweli River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Mahaweli Development Programme → locatedIn → Mahaweli River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Mahaweli Development Programme → basin → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Kotmale Oya → tributaryOf → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Kotmale Oya → mouth → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Kotmale Oya → partOf → Mahaweli River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Kotmale Oya → riverSystem → Mahaweli River system ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Loggal Oya → partOf → Mahaweli River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Loggal Oya → riverSystem → Mahaweli River system ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Ulhitiya Oya → partOf → Mahaweli River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Ulhitiya Oya → hydrologicalSystem → Mahaweli River system ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Ulhitiya Oya → tributaryOf → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Polgolla Dam → watercourse → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Rantembe Dam → locatedOnRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Rantembe Dam → crosses → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Rantembe Dam → watercourse → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Mahaweli Ganga → alsoKnownAs → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Hulu Ganga → belongsToHydrologicalSystem → Mahaweli Ganga river system ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Amban Ganga → watercourseSystem → Mahaweli river system ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
Great Sandy River → refersTo → Mahaweli River ⓘ
Kandy → river → Mahaweli River ⓘ
subject linked to: Kandy (inferred, not certain)
Mahiyanganaya area → nearbyRiver → Mahaweli River ⓘ