Water Falls in Sri Lanka |
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Water falls
The
mountains of Sri Lanka abound with waterfalls of exquisite beauty.
Numbering
more than hundred and many of them are virtually unknown, hidden away
in
forest or approached by steps and remote tea plantation tracks. In
fact for
it�s size Sri Lanka has recorded water falls than another country.
Sri Lanka�s numerous revers, fed by two half � yearly monsoons, with
topography
of high and steeply scarped peneplains, and rever beds of hard
erosion-resistant metamorphic rock, all provide ideal ingredient for
the
formation of waterfalls.
It is on the Ella �Wellawaya road and visible from the main road.
Although
the main drop is 30 ft in height, it�s a wide fall and the water
rushes over
several steps adding to it�s beauty.
Ravana falls is closely linked in legend with the great epic of the
east.Ramayanaya.It�
name is from Ravana, The powerful demon king who once ruled
SriLanka.The cave
hidden behind the fall is still believed by many to be one of the
places
where he hid the beautiful princess, Sita, after her abduction from
India.
Diyaluma Falls( skein of
water)
Diyaluma ,on the Poonagala Oya rever off the Koslanda- Wellawaya road
is
another spectacular sight spilling over a straight rock wall. 559 ft
in height.
Diyaluma is often rated as Sri Lanka�s highest water falls, upstaging
Bambarakanda.It
is 13 km from Wellawaya town and 6 km from Koslanda in the Hills and
seen
like a soft veil, is seen from the Balangoda � Wellawaya highway too.
Legend says that Gods, seeing the heart break of a prince whose
runaway
romance ended in the death of his sweetheart whom he had tried haul
over the
Diyaluma precipice, created this beautiful cascade to weep forever in
the
wilderness.
Bopath
Ella (Bo-leaf fall)
Makes a leap of 100 ft on the Kurd gang, a tributary of the Kale
ganga.a
water fall not known for it�s height but for the sheer beauty of
formation.
The name Bo path Ella derives from it�s perfectly heart shaped head,
much
like the leaf of the sacred bo tree. It is one of the favorites picnic
spot
of Sri Lankans due to it�s proximity to the city of Colombo. just 15
km from
Colombo-Ratnapura road, once reached the Higashena junction, and then
branches off to the Agalawatta road and from there it�s only a few
minutes�
