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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Label Occurrences
Mahaweli River canonical 5
Mahaweli River Basin 1

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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