Mahaweli River
The Mahaweli River, is a 335 km long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. It has a drainage basin of 10,448 km of land irrigated. Production of hydroelectricity from six dams of the Mahaweli system supplies more than 40% of Sri Lanka's electricity needs.Localities in the Area
Muttur
Village
Muttur or Mutur is a town in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka and it is located about 25 km south of Trincomalee, on the southern side of the Trincomalee Harbour. Muttur is situated 4 km east of Mahaweli River.
Mahaweli River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sri Lanka
- Category: river
- Location: Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
Latitude 8.4586° or 8° 27' 31" north | Longitude 81.2319° or 81° 13' 55" east |
Elevation 7 metres (23 feet) | GeoNames ID 1236745 |
Also Known As
- Catalan: Mahaweli Ganga
- Cebuano: Mahaweli Ganga
- Chinese: 馬哈威利河
- Chuvash: Махавели-Ганга
- Czech: Mahaveli
- Dutch: Mahaweli River
- French: Mahaweli
- German: Mahaweli
- German: Mahaweli Ganga
- Irish: Abhainn Mahaweli
- Italian: Mahaweli
- Japanese: マハウェリ川
- Lithuanian: Mahavelis
- Malayalam: മഹാവെലി നദി
- Marathi: महावेली गंगा
- Marathi: महावेली नदी
- Norwegian: Mahaweli Ganga
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mahaweli
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mahaweli Ganga
- Polish: Mahaveli Ganga
- Portuguese: Rio Mahaweli
- Russian: Махавели-Ганга
- Russian: Махавели
- Sinhala: මහවැලි ගංගාව
- Sinhala: මහවැලි ගග
- Sinhala: මහවැලි ගඟ
- South Azerbaijani: ماهاوالی چایی
- Spanish: Mahaweli Ganga
- Tamil: மகாவலி ஆறு
- Tamil: மகாவலி கங்கை
- Thai: แม่น้ำมหาเวลี
- Ukrainian: Махавелі
- Urdu: دریائے مہاویلی
- Vietnamese: Sông Mahaweli
- Welsh: Afon Mahaweli
- Mahaveli River
- Mahawela Ganga
- Mahawell Ganga
- Mahevilla Ganga
- Makawelu
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Pillayar KovilHindu temple, 3½ km east
- Muthur Bus StationBus station, 3½ km east
- Amman KovilHindu temple, 3½ km east
- KovalevskyHindu temple, 5 km northwest
Other Places
- GangasagaraGrove, 1 km north
- Brown ShoalShoal, 1 km north
- GangasagaraEstate, 1 km south
- MariaEstate, 2 km southwest
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