Mahaweli River
The Mahaweli River, is a 335-kilometre-long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. It has a drainage basin of 10,448 km of land irrigated. The production of hydroelectricity from six dams in the Mahaweli system supplies more than 40% of Sri Lanka's electricity needs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arafathsi2005, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Mahaveli River”, “Mahawela Ganga”, “Mahawell Ganga”, “Mahevilla Ganga”, and “Makawelu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutur.
Mutur
Village
Mutur, also spelled Muthur or Muttur, is a town in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka, located about 25 km south of Trincomalee, on the southern side of Trincomalee Harbour. Mutur is situated 4 km east of Mahaweli River.
Mahaweli River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Mahaweli River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Mahaweli River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Mahaweli”
- Bengali: “মহাবলী গঙ্গা”
- Bulgarian: “Махавели”
- Catalan: “Mahaweli Ganga”
- Cebuano: “Mahaweli Ganga”
- Chinese: “馬哈威利河”
- Chinese: “马哈韦利河”
- Chuvash: “Махавели-Ганга”
- Czech: “Mahaveli”
- Dutch: “Mahaweli River”
- French: “Mahaweli”
- German: “Mahaweli Ganga”
- German: “Mahaweli”
- Greek: “Μαχαβέλι”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mahaweli”
- Italian: “Mahaweli”
- Japanese: “マハウェリ川”
- Lithuanian: “Mahavelis”
- Malayalam: “മഹാവെലി നദി”
- Marathi: “महावेली गंगा”
- Marathi: “महावेली नदी”
- Mingrelian: “მაჰაველი”
- Nepali: “महावेली नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mahaweli Ganga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mahaweli”
- Norwegian: “Mahaweli Ganga”
- Polish: “Mahaveli Ganga”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mahaweli”
- Russian: “Махавели-Ганга”
- Russian: “Махавели”
- Sinhala: “මහවැලි ගග”
- Sinhala: “මහවැලි ගංගාව”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rakkuli and Navaladitottam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Koddiyar Sands and Koddiyar Bay.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mahaweli River”. Photo: Arafathsi2005, Public domain.