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The Island's Largest Reservoir
Senanayake Samudraya — At Inginiyagala, 20 km west of Ampara
THE RESERVOIR AT INGINIYAGALAPhoto by AntanO on Wikimedia CommonsBoats from the Inginiyagala jetty run into Gal Oya National Park — the only park in Sri Lanka you can safari by water.
Sri Lanka's largest reservoir, created by damming the Gal Oya at Inginiyagala in the early 1950s as the centrepiece of the island's first big post-independence irrigation scheme. Boat trips cross it toward Gal Oya National Park.
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7.1305° N, 81.4421° ECarto · OSM
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