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Menik Ganga

Coordinates: 06°21′49″N 81°31′55″E / 6.36361°N 81.53194°E / 6.36361; 81.53194
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Maanikka Gangai
The river in Kataragama
Menik Ganga is located in Sri Lanka
Menik Ganga
Etymologyganga is a Singhala word for river; menik means gem
Native nameමැණික් ගඟ (Sinhala)
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNamunukula
Mouth 
 • location
Yala (Ruhuna)
 • coordinates
06°21′49″N 81°31′55″E / 6.36361°N 81.53194°E / 6.36361; 81.53194
 • elevation
Sea level
Length114 km (71 mi)
Discharge 
 • maximum220 106 Sq.m

The Menik Ganga is the thirteenth-longest river of Sri Lanka. The river is approximately 114 km (71 mi) long and flows across two provinces and two districts.

Its catchment area receives approximately 2,124 million cubic metres of rain per year, and approximately 10 percent of the water reaches the sea. It has a catchment area of 1,272 square kilometres.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Sri Lanka: Rivers". FAO. Retrieved 16 June 2019.