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Director: Marta Baraibar 2D and 3D Animations: Alex Petrovsky Over 2400 years ago, in Sri Lanka, a tiny country near the southern tip of India, flourished in...
This video contains the maps and detailed description of few main Lakes/Tanks located in Sri Lanka.Described with both English and Sinhala Languages.සිංහල සහ...
Kala Wewa, which also in nearby vicinity built by the King Datusena in 307 B.C, is a twin reservoir complex (Kala Wewa & Balalu Wewa) which has a capacity of 123 million cubic meters together making the biggest tank in Sri Lanka.
This country, at the core of the south east monsoon, has 80% of its territory covered by a dry zone prone to water scarcity. Its ancient kings built a sophisticated network of small tanks connected by canals to large reservoirs to collect and redistribute every single drop of rain the land received.
20 gru 2023 · Dedicated to advancing the study and implementation of the ancient Cascaded Tank-Village System in Sri Lanka's dry zone. Our network focuses on promoting sustainable water management, preserving biodiversity, and enhancing resilience to natural disasters through innovative research and development.
Sri Lanka’s tank cascades (a network of small tanks that store surface water) are one of the country’s greatest legacies from a remarkable hydraulic civilization, built by its ancient kings as a solution to the water scarcity in the country’s dry zone, over 2,000 years ago.
27 wrz 2023 · In the north central plains of Sri Lanka, rehabilitation of village tank cascades under a World Bank-supported project has helped farmers grow rice and cultivate vegetables year round.
