'''Mahaweli Ganga''' is the longest River in Sri_Lanka. It is nearly 300 km long. Its Drainage_basin is the largest in Sri Lanka, and covers almost one-fifth of the total area of the island. The river reaches the sea at Trincomalee in the north east of Sri Lanka. It continues as a major Submarine_canyon, making Trincomalee one of the finest deep sea harbours in the world.{{cite book
| last = Stoddart
| first = David
| title = Process and Form in Geomorphology
| publisher = Routledge (UK)
| date = 1996-12-26
| id = ISBN 0415105277 }} The river is heavily dammed in order to produce Hydroelectricity and water for Irrigation. This has brought almost 1,000 kmĀ² of land under irrigation.{{cite book
| last = Barry
| first = D.
| title = Knowledge of the Land
| publisher = Oxford_University_Press
| date = 2001-06-07
| id = ISBN 0198296010 }} Mahaweli Ganga is a Sinhalese name that means "great sandy river."{{cite book
| last = Room
| first = Adrian
| title = Placenames of the World
| publisher = McFarland_&_Company
| date = 2001-05-01
| id = ISBN 0786418141 }}
==References==
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Category:Rivers_of_Sri_Lanka