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Bowatenna Dam

Sri Lanka

The Bowatenna Dam is a 100 ft (30 m) high gravity dam at Bowatenna, in Central Province of Sri Lanka. The dam was built in June 1981, and is used primarily for irrigation. A 40 MW power station is also constructed 5,800 ft (1, 800 m) downstream, for hydroelectric power generation.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More power stations in Sri Lanka

  1. Lakvijaya Power Station900 MW
  2. Maha Oya Pumped Storage Power Station600 MW
  3. Sampur Power Station500 MW
  4. Kelanitissa Power Station360 MW
  5. Sobadhanavi Power Station350 MW

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