Puttalam Lagoon
| Puttalam Lagoon | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of the northern-half of the lagoon. | |
  Puttalam Lagoon | |
| Location | Puttalam |
| Coordinates | 08°06′N 79°46′E / 8.100°N 79.767°E |
| Primary inflows | Kala Oya Mi Oya |
| Basin countries | Sri Lanka |
| Max. length | 28 km (17 mi) |
| Max. width | 12 km (7 mi) |
| Surface area | 327 km2 (126 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) |
| Max. depth | 5 m (16.4 ft) |
| Surface elevation | Sea level |
| References | [1][2] |
The Puttalam Lagoon is a large 327 km2 (126 sq mi) lagoon in the Puttalam District, western Sri Lanka.
The lagoon is fed by two rivers, namely the Kala Oya and Mi Oya, discharging at 2.2 m3/s (77.7 cu ft/s) and 8.1 m3/s (286.0 cu ft/s) respectively. It is linked to Mundal Lagoon 15 km (9.3 mi) to the south by a channel. The lagoon's water is brackish to saline.
The lagoon is surrounded by a region containing coconuts, open forests, grasslands and shrublands. The land is used for prawn fishing, salt production, and rice cultivation. The lagoon has extensive mangroves, seagrasses and some salt marshes, attracting a wide variety of anatidae.
මේ දින වල අදික වර්ශා තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් පෙම්වතුන් කලපුව අසල ලැගුම් ගෙන සිටිනා අතර පසු ගිය දින පොලිසිය විසින් පාලාවිය ප්රදේශයේ සජීවා සහ නතාශා යන නාමය ලද්දන් අතතඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත. මොවුන් දෙදෙනා එක්ව එක් පිරිමි දරුවෙකුට අමානූශීය ලෙස අතවරයකට සැරසී ඇති අවස්තාවකයි අත්තඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙන්නෙ.
Islands
A moderate number islands scatter over the lagoon including:
See also
References
- ^ Management of coastal resources in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2010-07-02
- ^ S.W. Kotagama; Leonard Pinto; Jayampathi L. Samarakoon, Wetlands of Sri Lanka (PDF), Wetlands International, pp. 52, 53, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-18, retrieved 2010-07-02