Kala Wewa
Kala Wewa, built by King Datusena in 460 CE, is a reservoir complex consisting of two reservoirs, Kala Wewa and Balalu Wewa. It has the capacity to store 123 million cubic meters of water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Kala Wewa
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: Tank at Anuradhapura
- Categories: embankment dam and body of water
- Location: North Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Sinhala—“Kala Wewa” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kala Wewa”
- Cebuano: “Kala Wewa”
- Panjabi: “ਕਲਾ ਝੀਲ”
- Sinhala: “කලා වැව”
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