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World Heritage Irrigation Structures

Kantale Wewa

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This ancient irrigation construction situated at Trincomalee District. According to the chronicles the Kantale tank is also named as

HIGHLIGHTS

Country: Sri Lanka

Province: Trincomalee District

Latitude : 8.371111 Longitude : 80.980833

Built: 608 -618

River: Mora Oya river

Basin: Mahaweli

Sub-Basin: Mora Oya

Irrigated Area: 7,513 ha

RECOGNIZED AT:

69th IEC Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, 2018

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