tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496723381463183192024-02-19T06:59:16.682-08:00Beautiful Sri Lanka Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721831274489400535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649672338146318319.post-66852640316327245302015-11-01T08:19:00.000-08:002015-11-01T08:19:12.667-08:00Mahaweli RiverThe <b>Mahaweli River</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhalese_language" title="Sinhalese language">Sinhalese</a>: <span lang="si"><i>මහවැලි ගඟ</i></span>, literally "Great Sandy River"; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">மகாவலி ஆறு</span> [<i>mahawali gangai</i>]),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Room_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaweli_River#cite_note-Room-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> is a 335 km (208 mi) long river, ranking as the longest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River" title="River">river</a> in Sri Lanka. Its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> is the largest in the country, and covers almost one-fifth of the total area of the island. The river reaches the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> on the southwestern side of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee_Bay" title="Trincomalee Bay">Trincomalee Bay</a>. The bay includes the first of a number <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_canyon" title="Submarine canyon">submarine canyons</a>, making Trincomalee one of the finest deep-sea <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor" title="Harbor">harbors</a> in the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Stoddart_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaweli_River#cite_note-Stoddart-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The river and its tributaries are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dammed</a> at several locations to allow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">irrigation</a> in the dry zone, with almost 1,000 km<sup>2</sup> (386 sq mi) of land irrigated.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barry_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaweli_River#cite_note-Barry-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> Production of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">hydroelectricity</a> from six dams of the Mahaweli system supplies more than 40% of Sri Lanka's electricity needs. One of the many sources of the river is the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotmale_Oya" title="Kotmale Oya">Kotmale Oya</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaweli_River#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
There is a misconception in Sri Lanka that the Mahaweli starts in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Pada" title="Sri Pada">Sri Pada</a> mountain. The Mahaweli gets its source waters from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Plains_National_Park" title="Horton Plains National Park">Hortain Plains</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirigalpoththa" title="Kirigalpoththa">Kirigalpoththa</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thotupola_Kanda" title="Thotupola Kanda">Thotupola</a> mountain range.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721831274489400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649672338146318319.post-61551020982935644542015-10-29T22:31:00.001-07:002015-10-30T10:30:43.264-07:00Bushfires in Australia<b>Bushfires</b> in Australia are frequent events during the hotter months of the year, due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Australia" title="Climate of Australia">Australia's mostly hot, dry climate</a>. Each year, such fires impact extensive areas. While they can cause property damage and loss of human life, certain native <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_of_Australia" title="Flora of Australia">flora in Australia</a> have evolved to rely on bushfires as a means of reproduction, and fire events are an interwoven and an essential part of the ecology of the continent. For thousands of years, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian" title="Indigenous Australian">Indigenous Australians</a> have used fire to foster grasslands for hunting and to clear tracks through dense bush.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721831274489400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649672338146318319.post-59080833778611024342015-10-10T08:43:00.001-07:002015-10-30T10:09:36.362-07:00Natural Beauty of Dunhinda Falls<b>Dunhinda Falls</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall" title="Waterfall">waterfall</a> located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badulla" title="Badulla">Badulla</a> town in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.The
Dunhinda Falls is one of Sri Lanka's most beautiful waterfalls.The
waterfall, which is 64 metres (210 ft) high gets its name from the smoky
dew drops spray, (Dun in sinhala means mist or smoke) which surrounds
the area at the foot of the waterfall. The water fall is created by the
river called Badulu Oya which goes through the Badulla town.<br />
<a name='more'></a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-amazinglanka_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhinda_Falls#cite_note-amazinglanka-5"></a></sup><br />
To reach the water fall you have to walk more than 1 kilometre
(0.62 mi) along a foot path. Along this foot path you can see another
small waterfall called Kuda Dunhinda at a distance. However walking
along this muddy foot path is really worth as the waterfall is so
beautiful. Along this foot path there are many native venders selling
herbal drinks to refresh and rest yourself. At the end of the path there
is a secure stage constructed for viewers to see the waterfall. If you
are brave enough you can reach the foot of the waterfall and cross the
river and see the most beautiful view of the fall.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721831274489400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649672338146318319.post-36317970842260004612015-10-06T09:26:00.002-07:002015-10-10T08:52:24.343-07:00Star TortoiseWe got a new pet.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721831274489400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649672338146318319.post-79140067230693041462015-10-04T23:08:00.000-07:002015-10-07T10:05:36.449-07:00Berty Bird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ගැන පලකෙරුවා මතක ඇති. අර උකුස්සෙක් ඩැහැගෙන යද්දි බේරගත්තෙ. දැන් නම් හොඳයි. අපි
“බර්ටි“ කියලා නමකුත් දැම්මා. ඒත් එයාට හරි අකරතැබ්බ වගයක් පහුගිය දවස්වල සිද්ධ
උනා. ඔන්න ඉතිං හොඳ උනාට පස්සේ ගේ ඇතුලෙම හිරකරගෙ ඉන්න හොඳ නැති නිසා දොර ඇරලා
තිබ්බා යනවනම් යන්න කියලා. ඔන්න ටික වෙලාවකට පස්සෙ දොරෙන් එළියට ගියා. පොළොවේ ඉන්න
චූටි චූටි කෘමි සත්තු ආහාරයට ගත්තා. ඊටපස්සේ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>ගහකට නැගලා එහාට මෙහාට පැන පැන අත්හදාබැලීම් කරමින් රාත්රියත් එහිම ගතකරා.
ඔන්න එදා රෑ මහ ධාරානිපාත වැස්සක් වැටුණා. පහුවෙනිදා උදේ බලද්දි බර්ටි නෑ. අපි
හිතුවා වැස්සට කොහොට හරි යන්න ඇති කියලා. ඔන්න පැයකට හමාරකට පස්සේ බර්ටි පාරෙ
හිටගෙන ඉන්න කෙනෙකුගේ අතේ ඉන්නවා. අපි අහම්බෙන් දැක්කෙ. බර්ටි පාරෙ ඉන්නවා දැකලා
වාහනේකට අහුවෙයි කියලා අර කෙනා අරගෙ. පස්සෙ අපි විස්තරේ කියලා ඉල්ලගත්තා. </span></div>
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ඇතුලට එන්න වැඩි කැමැත්තක් දක්වපු නැති නිසා මිදුලෙම ඉන්න ඉඩ ඇරියා. එදා දවසෙත්
එහේ මෙහේ පිහාඹන්න ප්රැක්ටිස් වෙලා රෑ වෙගෙන එද්දී අල්ලපු ගෙදර තියෙනවා විශාල අඹ
ගහක්. ඒකට පිහාඹලා ගියා. අපිට ඉතිං දුකයි. ඒත් මොනවා කරන්නද? පහුවෙනිදා උදේ එයි
කියලා හිතුවත් ආවෙ නැහැ. ඒත් ඔන්න දවල් එකපාරටම ආවා. හරි වැඩේනෙ. කලින් තිබුණු එයාගෙ
වලිගෙ අතුරුදන්වෙලා. මොනවා උනාද දන්නෙ නෑ. දැන්නම් පැටියෙක් වගේ. ඔන්න අපි හාල්
දුන්නා. ඒව කාලා පැයක් හමාරක් ඉදලා ආපහු අඹගහට යන්න පිහැඹුවා විතරයි කොහෙදෝ ඉඳන්
ආව කාක්කෙක් බර්ටිව එළවගෙන ගියා. බර්ටි ඈතට ඈතට වේගෙන් පිහිඹලා ගියා. අපිට හරි
දුකයි කපුටු හාමි බර්ටිට කරදරයක් කෙරුවද කියලා. එහෙම නැතිනම් මේ සීමාවෙන් පිටතටම
එළවලා දැම්මද කියලා. බර්ටි ආයෙමත් එන එකක් නෑ කියලා හිතුවා. අනේ නෑ පහුවෙනිදා දවල්
2ට විතර ආවා. හැබැයි ඒ පාර හොඳටම බයවෙලා. දවස් දෙකක්ම ගෙයින් එළියට බැස්සෙ නැහැ.
ඊට පස්සෙ ආයෙත් හොඳට වට පිටාව නිරීක්ෂණය කරලා අර අඹගහට ගියා. දැන් ඉතිං බර්ටිට
පරිසරය පුරුදුයි. එක දවසක් අපේ ගෙදර ඉන්නවා. තව දවසක් කොහාට හරි ගිහින් ඉන්නවා.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721831274489400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649672338146318319.post-20303531893671149262015-10-02T10:13:00.000-07:002015-10-30T10:24:15.926-07:00Horton Plains<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Horton Plains National Park</b></span> in Ohiya is a protected area<span style="color: black;"> in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by montane grassland and cloud forest.</span>species found here are endamic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988.It is also a popular tourist destination and is situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohiya" title="Ohiya">Ohiya</a>, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the world famous Ohiya Gap/Dondra Watch and 32 kilometres (20 mi) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya" title="Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a>.<br />
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The Horton Plains are the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_%28river_or_stream%29" title="Source (river or stream)">headwaters</a> of three major Sri Lankan rivers, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaweli_River" title="Mahaweli River">Mahaweli</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelani_River" title="Kelani River">Kelani</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walawe_river" title="Walawe river">Walawe</a>. In <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> the plains are known as Maha Eliya Plains. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool">Stone tools</a> dating back to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangoda_Man" title="Balangoda Man">Balangoda culture</a> have been found here. The plains' vegetation is grasslands interspersed with montane forest, and includes many endemic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_plant" title="Woody plant">woody plants</a>. Large herds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_sambar_deer" title="Sri Lankan sambar deer">Sri Lankan sambar deer</a> feature as typical mammals, and the park is also an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a> with many species not only endemic to Sri Lanka but restricted to the Horton Plains. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_dieback" title="Forest dieback">Forest dieback</a> is one of the major threats to the park and some studies suggest that it is caused by a natural phenomenon.</div>
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