Pusweli Oya
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Pusweli Oya is a major tributary of Kelani Ganga river in Sri Lanka
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Starting from the hills in Puswelihena in Horana
Division of Kalutara
District, it flows northwards through a low lying flat land (10 - 6 meters above sea level) converted into rice fields, which ultimately becomes the stream's flood plain during rainy seasons. On its way, the stream is joined by the Ma Dola starting from the hills of Madoluwawa and Kurugala, the Angomuwa Oya starting from Angomuwa and Miriyagal Kanda and the Arukwathu Oya starting from Udagama Kanda
(1492 feet above sea level). The stream flows for 16 km down its valley before joining the Kelani Ganga near Hanwella
. The lowest part of its valley is mostly covered by a large marshland known as Barawa
marshland, where there are river loops and islets on its course. The flood plain of the stream is flooded many times annually mainly during the monsoon season from May to September and the inter-monsoon season of October and November.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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Starting from the hills in Puswelihena in Horana
Horana
Horana is a town in Kalutara District, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is on the road from Panadura to Ratnapura. It is located in 42 Km away from Colombo and 18 Km away from Panadura....
Division of Kalutara
Kalutara
Kalutara is a resort town located approximately 40 km south of Colombo in Sri Lanka.- Overview :Once an important spice-trading center, the city's name is derived from the Kalu Ganga River . In the 11th Century, the town was temporarily made a capital on the orders of a South Indian Prince...
District, it flows northwards through a low lying flat land (10 - 6 meters above sea level) converted into rice fields, which ultimately becomes the stream's flood plain during rainy seasons. On its way, the stream is joined by the Ma Dola starting from the hills of Madoluwawa and Kurugala, the Angomuwa Oya starting from Angomuwa and Miriyagal Kanda and the Arukwathu Oya starting from Udagama Kanda
Udagama Kanda
Udagama Kanda, a mountain in Sri Lanka, situated in Padukka Division, Colombo district, Western Province. It is the highest mountain in the district reaching a height of 1492 feet above sea level. The Labugama and Kalatuwawa reservoirs are also situated in the same mountain range...
(1492 feet above sea level). The stream flows for 16 km down its valley before joining the Kelani Ganga near Hanwella
Hanwella
Hanwella is a small town in Sri Lanka, situated about 30 km from Colombo, the commercial capital of the country. Hanwella lies on the Colombo-Ratnapura main road, on the banks of the Kelani River.-Geography:...
. The lowest part of its valley is mostly covered by a large marshland known as Barawa
Barawa
Barawa or Brava is a port town on the south-eastern coast of Somalia. The traditional inhabitants are the Tunni Somalis and the Bravanese people, who speak Bravanese, a Swahili dialect.-History:...
marshland, where there are river loops and islets on its course. The flood plain of the stream is flooded many times annually mainly during the monsoon season from May to September and the inter-monsoon season of October and November.