Talk:Kotmale Oya

Accuracy

This article claims that Kotmale River is 70km long and the fourth longest in Sri Lankan. This makes no sense if you read List of rivers of Sri Lanka. Given this discrepancy and the fact there is only one in line reference I have to question the accuracy of the entire article.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 15:40, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing. That is definitely wrong. I have custom-made high-resolution (<100 m) placemarks on Google Earth for each river. The whole tributary from source to it's discharging point on the Mahaweli (as per satellite imagery) is no more than 57km (the source could extend further into vegetation no more than a few more KMs)... I will try to find better sources and fix this article over the next couple of days. Cheers, Rehman 15:52, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

As much as I can't believe it, the river is actually at least 70km long. The river originates as far back as 06°49′37″N 80°47′00″E in Horton Plains, and merges with the Nanu Oya at 06°56′02″N 80°40′04″E, before passing the Upper Kotmale Dam and Devon Falls at 06°56′48″N 80°39′29″E and 06°57′31″N 80°38′03″E, and subsequently draining into the Mahaweli River at 07°04′56″N 80°33′16″E. Details about the river is swamped by information about the dams. I will try adding more sourced to this soon. Rehman 01:59, 10 January 2016 (UTC)