Kantale Dam

Kantale Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Kantale Dam (, ) is a large embankment dam built in Kantale, Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. It is long, and over high. The dam, used for irrigation, breached on , killing more than 120 people. It has since been reconstructed. The dam impounds the Per Aru, a small river discharging into the Koddiyar Bay, at Trincomalee Harbour. Read more on Wikipedia

type: dam
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