Percentage of Inland Water by Province |
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Province |
District |
Total Area (sq.km) |
Land Area (sq.km) |
Inland Waters(sq.km) |
Percentage of Inland Water |
Sri Lanka |
|
65610 |
62705 |
2905 |
|
Western |
|
3684 |
3593 |
91 |
2.5 |
|
Colombo |
699 |
676 |
23 |
|
|
Gampaha |
1387 |
1341 |
46 |
|
|
Kalutara |
1598 |
1576 |
22 |
|
Central |
|
5674 |
5575 |
99 |
1.7 |
|
Kandy |
1940 |
1917 |
23 |
|
|
Matale |
1993 |
1952 |
41 |
|
|
Nuwara Eliya |
1741 |
1706 |
35 |
|
Southern |
|
5544 |
5383 |
161 |
2.9 |
|
Galle |
1652 |
1617 |
35 |
|
|
Matara |
1283 |
1270 |
13 |
|
|
Hambantota |
2609 |
2496 |
113 |
|
Northern |
|
8884 |
8290 |
594 |
6.7 |
|
Jaffna |
1025 |
929 |
96 |
|
|
Killinochchi |
1279 |
1205 |
74 |
|
|
Mannar |
1996 |
1880 |
116 |
|
|
Vavuniya |
1967 |
1861 |
106 |
|
|
Mullativu |
2617 |
2415 |
202 |
|
Eastern |
|
9996 |
9361 |
635 |
6.4 |
|
Batticaloa |
2854 |
2610 |
244 |
|
|
Ampara |
4415 |
4222 |
193 |
|
|
Trincomalee |
2727 |
2529 |
198 |
|
North Western |
|
7888 |
7506 |
382 |
4.8 |
|
Kurunegala |
4816 |
4624 |
192 |
|
|
Puttalam |
3072 |
2882 |
190 |
|
North Central |
|
10472 |
9741 |
731 |
7.0 |
|
Anuradhapura |
7179 |
6664 |
515 |
|
|
Polonnaruwa |
3293 |
3079 |
216 |
|
Uva |
|
8500 |
8335 |
165 |
1.9 |
|
Badulla |
2861 |
2827 |
34 |
|
|
Moneragala |
5639 |
5508 |
131 |
|
Sabaragamuwa |
|
4968 |
4921 |
47 |
0.9 |
| Kegalle | 3275 |
3236 |
39 |
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| Ratnapura | 1693 |
1685 |
8 |
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| Source: Statistical Compendium on Natural Resources Management Sri Lanka 2000 | |||||
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