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World Heritage Irrigation Structures

Sorabora Wewa

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Located in the Mahaweli Basin in the Badulla District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka, is hereby included in the ICID Register of World Heritage Irrigation Structures as an example of innovative engineering idea of using strategically located natural rock away from the embankment with deep cut canal to act as the sluice instead of use of regular sluice or

HIGHLIGHTS

Country: Sri Lanka

Province: Badulla District

Latitude : 7.366880 Longitude : 81.013672

Built: 2nd Century BC

Basin: Mahaweli Basin

Irrigated Area: 2,000 Ac

RECOGNIZED AT:

69th IEC Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, 2018

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