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The Beauty of Udawalawe National Park
The beautiful Udawalawe National Park lies across the Ratnapura District in Sabaragamuwa Province and the Monaragala District in Uva Province covering an extent of 30,821 hectares. It was declared a national park on the 30th of June 1972, under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance.
The objective was to conserve the catchment area of the reservoir, ensuring a flow of silt free water to the reservoir and providing refuge for wildlife displaced by the opening up of land along the lower reaches of the Walawe river for agriculture. Today the park accommodates 150 resident and 200 migratory elephants.
The most prominent physical features of the park are the Kalthota escarpment and Diyawinne falls situated in the north of the park and Ullugala peak situated in the west. Then there are two little villages in the park namely Sinuggala and Nebeda. The altitude of the park premises ranges from 100 m to 373 m with Ulugalla being the highest point. The park centres around the Walawe reservoir which covers a total area of 3,405 hectares. The reservoir depends heavily on the rainfall which amounts to 1524 mm per year
in addition to the Walawe River that feeds it. Both the inter- monsoon rains in November and mid January contribute largely to this. The dry season is from February to April. The average temperature stands at 32⁰C.
Dinidu Safari Udawalawa.
Contacts....
Phone - +94713540249 , +94717471932
Email - rumeshudawalawa@gmail.com
Web - safari96.blogspot.com
Address - Meda Kiwla, Kolabageara, Udawalawa, Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka.
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