Kantale Dam
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kantale-dam-280-3699759
title:
Kantale Dam
text:
The Kantale Dam is a large embankment dam built in Kantale, Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. It is 14,000 ft (4,267 m) long, and over 50 ft (15 m) high. The dam, used for irrigation, breached on 20 April 1986, 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.
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description:
Dam in Kantale
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantale_Dam
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date modified:
2024-04-20T00:39:08Z
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13
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