Kelani River

E566900

river

The Kelani River is one of Sri Lanka’s major rivers, flowing from the central highlands through key urban areas including Colombo before emptying into the Indian Ocean.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kelani River canonical	3
Kelani River basin	2
Bentota River	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	flooding in Colombo region ⓘ
basinCountry	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinSize	approximately 2,300 square kilometres ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
crossedBy	Kelani Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kelani Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Bridge, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageBasin	Kelani River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto	Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalIssue	riverbank erosion ⓘ sand mining impacts ⓘ water pollution ⓘ
flowsThrough	Central Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ Gampaha District NERFINISHED ⓘ Kegalle District NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHydropowerPlant	Canyon Hydropower Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Laxapana Hydropower Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ New Laxapana Hydropower Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Laxapana Hydropower Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary	Kehelgamu Oya NERFINISHED ⓘ Maskeliya Oya NERFINISHED ⓘ Seethawaka River NERFINISHED ⓘ We Oya NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 145 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRiverOf	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouth	Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Biyagama NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombo Port NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawagamuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being a major water source for Colombo ⓘ scenic valleys and waterfalls in upper reaches ⓘ
partOf	Sri Lanka river system ⓘ
passesNear	Avissawella NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanwella NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaduwela NERFINISHED ⓘ Peliyagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceRegion	Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) massif area NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	drinking water supply ⓘ hydropower generation ⓘ inland fisheries ⓘ irrigation ⓘ sand mining ⓘ transport and navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka → isWatershedFor → Kelani River ⓘ

Beira Lake → partOf → Kelani River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kelani River basin

Western Province, Sri Lanka → hasMajorRiver → Kelani River ⓘ

Western Province → hasSignificantRiver → Kelani River ⓘ

Bentota → hasGeographicalFeature → Kelani River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bentota River

Nugegoda → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Kelani River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kelani River basin