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Walawe River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Walawe (Sinhala: වලවේ ගඟ) is a 138 km (86 mi) long river in Sri Lanka which originates on Adam's Peak. It discharges into the Indian Ocean at the coastal town of Ambalantota.

Flows through: Sri Lanka.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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