Kalu River

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The Kalu River is one of Sri Lanka’s major rivers, flowing southwest from the island’s central highlands to the Indian Ocean and playing a key role in regional agriculture, ecology, and flood control.

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Label Occurrences
Kalu River canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Kalu Ganga NERFINISHED
associatedWith gem mining areas around Ratnapura
basinCountry Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
basinSize approximately 2766 km²
climateZone humid tropical monsoon climate
country Sri Lanka
dischargesInto Indian Ocean at Kalutara
drainageBasin wet zone of Sri Lanka
ecosystemType tropical wet-zone river
flowsThrough Kalutara District NERFINISHED
Ratnapura District NERFINISHED
hasBridge Kalutara Bridge NERFINISHED
hasEstuary Kalu River estuary at Kalutara NERFINISHED
hasFloodPlain Kalutara floodplain
importance key role in regional agriculture
key role in regional ecology
key role in regional flood control
major source of freshwater for southwestern Sri Lanka
knownFor frequent flooding in lower basin
high rainfall catchment
language Sinhala NERFINISHED
length approximately 129 km
locatedIn Southwestern Sri Lanka
majorCityOnRiver Kalutara NERFINISHED
Ratnapura NERFINISHED
managementConcern flood management
river basin management planning
mouth Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
mouthLocation Kalutara NERFINISHED
nameMeaning Black River in Sinhala
passesNear Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) NERFINISHED
region Sabaragamuwa Province NERFINISHED
Western Province NERFINISHED
sourceRegion Adam's Peak massif NERFINISHED
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
threat pollution from urban and agricultural runoff
riverbank erosion
sand mining impacts
tributary Hangamu Ganga NERFINISHED
Kuda Ganga NERFINISHED
We Ganga NERFINISHED
usedFor hydropower potential
inland fisheries
irrigation
sand mining
transport on some stretches

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Kalutara hasRiver Kalu River