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  2. Sorabora Wewa - Wikipedia

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    It does not make use of the structure called Bisokotuwa, which helps to regulate water pressure at the sluice gates from inside the tank and protect the embankment from erosion. Instead that the sluice gate (Sorowwa) of the tank has been placed strategically away from the embankment and made up utilizing the massive natural rock around the tank ...

  3. Kala Wewa - Wikipedia

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    The tank was renovated several times in the past as in the period of British Governor Sir William Henry Gregory (1872–1877 [1] and Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1883–1890). [6] After the British rule in the country and in 1958, the tank's bund was reconstructed connecting the tank with Balalu Wewa .

  4. Yodha Ela - Wikipedia

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    Yodha Ela functions in a way of a moving reservoir because of its single banking aspect which is different from the present day double banking irrigation canals'. It feeds water in an area of 470 km 2 (180 sq mi) feeding 4,630 ha (11,400 acres) of paddy lands and 120 small tanks on its way from Kala Wewa to Tissa Wewa [7]

  5. Tank cascade system - Wikipedia

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    Tank cascade system diagram, aerial and elevation views. Village tanks and cascades are "naturalized" and generally built with permeable natural materials rather than concreted in place. [21] Tanks can be any size from small vernal pools to huge perennial lakes "thousands of hectares in surface area." [26]

  6. Sri Lankan irrigation network - Wikipedia

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    The first tank which can be identified with certainty was built by King Pandukabhaya, who reigned from 437 to 367 BC. It is said that he had three tanks built, namely Abhaya Wewa, Gamini Wewa, and Jaya Wewa. Of these, only one, Abhaya Wewa, can be identified with an extant tank, Basawakkulama Wewa.

  7. Mavil Aru - Wikipedia

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    The Mavil Aru (Mother River) is a waterway that supplies water to some regions of eastern Sri Lanka.The closing of the sluice gates is considered to be the official beginning of the Eelam War IV although violence including skirmishes and bombings happened before.

  8. Zorawar (tank) - Wikipedia

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    Zorawar is a 3-crew, 25-tonne light tank with amphibious capabilities. The tank will have a high power-to-weight ratio and can be transported by air, rail or road. The light tank has superior firepower, protection, surveillance and communication capabilities. The tank is designed to destroy armoured vehicles, low-flying helicopters, and bunkers ...

  9. Obiekt 279 - Wikipedia

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    The Obiekt 279, or Object 279, (Объект 279) was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959. This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain, inaccessible to conventional tanks, acting as a heavy breakthrough tank. It was planned as a tank of the Supreme Command Reserve. [citation needed]