The Gin Ganga ( si, ගිං ගඟ, ''Gin River''), is a long river situated in
Galle District
Galle ( si, ගාල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කය ''gālla distrikkaya''; ta, காலி மாவட்டம் ''Kāli māvattam'') is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, th ...
of
Sri Lanka.
The river's headwaters are located in the Gongala Mountain range, near
Deniyaya
Deniyaya is a small town located towards the south of Sri Lanka. It is located in Matara District of the Southern Province. It is surrounded by the Sinharaja rainforest, and the climate is relatively cool. The main source of income is tea cultiv ...
, bordering the
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
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According to International Union for Conse ...
.
The river flows past the villages of
Baddegama
Baddegama is a main town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Baddegama is accessible from the Southern Expressway, and is located from the Baddegama Expressway Inter Exchange and from Colombo.
The main livelihood for the town ...
,
Nagoda
Nagoda is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Southern Province.
See also
*List of towns in Western Province, Sri Lanka
Western Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Colombo District, Gampaha District, and Kalutar ...
,
Thelikada
Thelikada is a rural village situated in Galle District, in the southern part of Sri Lanka.
The Gin River (''Gin Ganga'') flows near the village. Also the Gin Dam (Bund) is lying inside the village. The Wakwella Bridge (''Wakwalla Palama'') is ne ...
and
Hegoda. The
Wakwella Bridge, which was the longest bridge in Sri Lanka, is built over this river. The river is also
dammed
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at
Thelikada
Thelikada is a rural village situated in Galle District, in the southern part of Sri Lanka.
The Gin River (''Gin Ganga'') flows near the village. Also the Gin Dam (Bund) is lying inside the village. The Wakwella Bridge (''Wakwalla Palama'') is ne ...
. The mouth of the river is at
Gintota, just north of
Galle
Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern ...
, where it flows into the
Indian Ocean
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.
See also
*
List of rivers in Sri Lanka
The following table lists most rivers of Sri Lanka. Since Sri Lanka is a trilingual country, some rivers may have a Sinhala name (i.e. Kalu Ganga), while other have an English name (i.e. Kelani River). In the Sinhala language, Ganga (ගඟ) t ...
*
Wakwella Bridge
References
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Rivers of Sri Lanka