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Laxapana Dam
The Laxapana Dam is a gravity dam built across the Maskeliya Oya, downstream of the Laxapana Falls, in the Central Province (Sri Lanka), Central Province of Sri Lanka. Power station and reservoir The dam creates the Laxapana Reservoir, which is sustained from water flowing in from the Kelani River, and discharged water from the Norton Dam, Old Laxapana Hydroelectric Power Stations and Canyon Dam (Sri Lanka), New Laxapana Hydroelectric Power Stations. The Old Laxapana and New Laxapana hydroelectric power stations belongs to the Norton Dam and Canyon Dam respectively, delivered via penstocks. The combined hydro resource of the Laxapana Reservoir is fed into another penstock to a further downstream for utilization of power generation at the Polpitiya Power Station, located at . The power station, which is also called as the Samanala Hydroelectric Power Station, consists of two generation units rated at each, both of which were commissioned in . See also * List of dams and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
