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.
Arafathsi2005, Public domain.- Stream
- Description: river in Sri Lanka
- Also known as“Mahaveli River”“Mahawela Ganga”“Mahawell Ganga”“Mahevilla Ganga”“Makawelu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutur.
Mahaweli River
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Latitude
8.45861° or 8° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude
81.23194° or 81° 13′ 55″ east
Open location code
6MW3F65J+CQ
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Mahaweli River” goes by many names.
Ríu MahaweliAsturian
মহাবলী গঙ্গাBengali
МахавелиBulgarian
Mahaweli GangaCatalan
Mahaweli GangaCebuano
馬哈威利河Chinese
马哈韦利河Chinese
Махавели-ГангаChuvash
MahaveliCzech
Mahaweli RiverDutch
ΜαχαβέλιGreek
Abhainn MahaweliIrish
MahaweliItalian
マハウェリ川Japanese
MahavelisLithuanian
മഹാവെലി നദിMalayalam
महावेली गंगाMarathi
महावेली नदीMarathi
მაჰაველიMingrelian
महावेली नदीNepali
Mahaweli GangaNorwegian
MahaweliNorwegian Bokmål
Mahaweli GangaNorwegian Bokmål
Mahaveli GangaPolish
МахавелиRussian
Махавели-ГангаRussian
මහවැලි ගගSinhala
මහවැලි ගංගාවSinhala
මහවැලි ගඟSinhala
ماهاوالی چاییSouth Azerbaijani
மகாவலி ஆறுTamil
மகாவலி கங்கைTamil
แม่น้ำมหาเวลีThai
МахавеліUkrainian
دریائے مہاویلیUrdu
Sông MahaweliVietnamese
Afon MahaweliWelsh
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