The town is the main entry point into the Udawalawe National Park which is a major National Park in Sri Lanka which is renowned for its high population of wild Asian elephants. The Udawalawe National Park located approximately 160 km (99 mi) away from Colombo, is the closest national park to Colombo.
The town is also notable, because of the Udawalawe Reservoir, which was created in 1969, following the construction of a 3.9 km (2.4 mi) dam and a 6 MW (8,000 hp) hydro-electric plant on the Walawe river. The reservoir is the third largest reservoir in Sri Lanka.
udawalawe, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, learn, when, remove, th. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Udawalawe news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Udawalawe also known as Udawalawa is a small town located in the southern part of the Ratnapura District in Sri Lanka It is situated in close to the district s boundary with the Hambantota District and Monaragala District UdawalaweTownCountrySri LankaProvinceSabaragamuwa ProvinceDistrictRatnapura DistrictTime zoneUTC 5 30 Sri Lanka Standard Time The town is the main entry point into the Udawalawe National Park which is a major National Park in Sri Lanka which is renowned for its high population of wild Asian elephants The Udawalawe National Park located approximately 160 km 99 mi away from Colombo is the closest national park to Colombo The town is also notable because of the Udawalawe Reservoir which was created in 1969 following the construction of a 3 9 km 2 4 mi dam and a 6 MW 8 000 hp hydro electric plant on the Walawe river The reservoir is the third largest reservoir in Sri Lanka 6 28 N 80 53 E 6 467 N 80 883 E 6 467 80 883See also editUdawalawe National Park Udawalawe Dam nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Udawalawe References edit nbsp This Sabaragamuwa Province Sri Lanka location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Udawalawe amp oldid 1183600756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
