Parangi Aru is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Northern Province, Sri Lanka The Northern Province ( ta, வட மாகாணம் ''Vaṭa Mākāṇam''; si, උතුරු පළාත ''Uturu Paḷāta'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The province ...

. The river rises in central

Vavuniya District Vavuniya (, romanized: ''Vavuṉiyā'', , romanized: ''Vavuniyāva''). Vavuniya City is the capital of Vavuniya District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka and the largest city in the Northern Province. The municipality is administered by Vavu ...

, before flowing north/north-west through Vavuniya District,

Mannar District Mannar District ( ta, மன்னார் மாவட்டம் ''Maṉṉār Māvaṭṭam''; si, මන්නාරම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative divisi ...

and

Mullaitivu District Mullaitivu District ( ta, முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம் ''Mullaittīvu Māvaṭṭam''; si, මුලතිවු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level ad ...

. The river empties into

Palk Bay Palk Bay is a semi-enclosed shallow water body between the southeast coast of India and Sri Lanka, with a water depth maximum of 13 m. Palk Bay is located between 8° 50′ and 10° North latitudes and 78° 50′ and 80° 30′ East longitud ...

. The estimate terrain elevation above sea level is -9999 metres. Variant forms of spelling for Parangi Aru or in other languages: Manal Aru, Paranki Aru, Parangi Aru, Manal Aru, Paranki Aru. The Parangi Aru originates in the Nochchimoddai and Mamadu area, flows north-west through Nochchimoddai via Nochchimoddai Bridge and enters the western part of Mullaitivu district, passes through Siratikulam Nattangandal area, intersects the A32 road and merges with the Gulf of Mannar. The river has a catchment area of 832 km class, an average catchment rainfall of 1233 mm, a catchment area reaching the sea of 312 MCM, and a washout of 30. Full Name : Parangi Aru Primary Country Code : CE (Sri Lanka) First-order administrative division code : 31 (North Eastern ) Region Font Code : 5 (Asia/Pacific) Unique Feature Identifier : -2232919 Unique Name Identifier : -3085166 Latitude in decimal degrees : 9.1 Longitude in decimal degrees : 80.066667 Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds : 9° 06' 00" N Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds : 80° 04' 00" E Military Grid Reference System coordinates : 44PLR9743806040 Joint Operations Graphic reference : NC44-10 Feature Designation Code : STM (stream) Name Type : N (BGN Standard name) A form of the full name that allows for alphabetical sorting of the file into gazetteer sequence : PARANGIARU Full Name with QWERTY characters : Parangi Aru Modify Date : 1994-01-08

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* https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3085166&fid=988&c=sri_lanka Parangi Aru 05

{{SriLanka-river-stub Rivers of Sri Lanka Bodies of water of Mannar District Bodies of water of Mullaitivu District Bodies of water of Vavuniya District

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