Mahaweli River

The Mahaweli River, is a 335-kilometre-long river, ranking as the longest river in . It has a drainage basin of 10,448 km, the largest in the country, which covers almost one-fifth of the total area of the island.
Photo: Arafathsi2005, Public domain.
  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 metres (23 feet)
  • 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.

Village
, also spelled Muthur or Muttur, is a town in the… is situated 4 km east of Mahaweli River.

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
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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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.

Sri Lanka: Highlights

Notable places include Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.

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