Kala Oya

River

Physical characteristicsSource • locationDambulla MouthPalk Strait

• location

Wilpattu

• coordinates

08°17′41″N 79°50′23″E / 8.29472°N 79.83972°E / 8.29472; 79.83972

• elevation

Sea levelLength148 km (92 mi)Basin size2,873 km² (1,109 sq mi)

The Kala Oya is the third longest river in Sri Lanka. The 145 km (90 mi) long river has a basin size of 2,873 km² (1,109 sq mi),^[1] and more than 400,000 rural population live by the river basin.^[2]

Its catchment area receives approximately 3,169 million cubic metres of rain per year, and approximately 5 percent of the water reaches the sea. It has a catchment area of 1,792 square kilometers.^[3]

Tributaries

Dambulu Oya
Mirisgoni Oya
Hawanella oya
Moragolla Oya
Maninda Oya

References

^ Maria Saleth, Rathinasamy (January 2007). "Analytical Framework with Empirical Results from the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka" (PDF). Researchgate.net. p. 8. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ Emerton, Lucy (2005). Values and Rewards: Counting and Capturing Ecosystem Water Services for Sustainable Development. IUCN. p. 93. ISBN 9789558177433.
^ "Sri Lanka: Rivers". FAO. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

Inland waters of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan irrigation network
- Tank cascade system
Mahaweli Authority
Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management

Rivers

≥100km	Deduru Oya Gal Oya Gin Ganga Kala Oya Kalu Ganga Kukule Ganga Kelani River Kehelgamu Oya Maskeliya Oya Pusweli Oya Kirindi Oya Kumbukkan Oya Maduru Oya Maha Oya Malwathu Oya Amban Ganga Kotmale Oya Nanu Oya Mahaweli Ganga Menik Ganga Mi Oya Walawe River Belihul Oya Yan Oya
<100km	Akkarayan Aru Kanakarayan Aru Kodalikkallu Aru Madu Ganga Mandekal Aru Mavil Aru Nay Aru (Mannar) Nay Aru (Mullaitivu) Netheli Aru Nilwala River Pali Aru Pallavarayankaddu Aru Parangi Aru Per Aru Piramenthal Aru Theravil Aru Valukkai Aru Verugal Aru

Lakes

Lagoons

Eastern coast	Batticaloa Lagoon Chalai Lagoon Chundikkulam Lagoon Kokkilai Lagoon Nai Aru Lagoon Nanthi Lagoon Ullackalie Lagoon Upaar Lagoon Vadamarachchi Lagoon Valaichchenai Lagoon
Western coast	Jaffna Lagoon Mundal Lagoon Negombo Lagoon Puttalam Lagoon Uppu Aru Lagoon
Southern coast	Koggala Lagoon Rekawa Lagoon Malala-Ambilikala Lagoons

Dams and
reservoirs

With hydroelectric capabilities	Bowatenna Broadlands Canyon Castlereigh Deduru Oya Dyraaba Gal Oya Kotmale Kukule Ganga Laxapana Maskeliya Moragahakanda Moragolla Nilambe Norton Polgolla Randenigala Rantembe Samanala Udawalawe Upper Kotmale Victoria
Irrigation-only (incl. ancient tanks)	Abhayavapi Diyawanna Giant's Tank Giritale Tank Inginimitiya Iranamadu Tank Kala Wewa Kalu Ganga Kandalama Kantale Konduwattuwana Wewa Lake Gregory Lunugamwehera Maduru Oya Minneriya Tank Muthuiyankaddu Kulam Nachchaduwa wewa Parakrama Samudra Puhulpola Rajanganaya Rambakan Oya Ratkinda Sorabora Wewa Tissa Wewa (Anuradhapura) Tissa Wewa (Tissamaharama) Ulhitiya Vavuni Kulam

With hydroelectric
capabilities