Rivière· 25 segments
Bentota
Crosses 8 administrative regions : Balapitiya, Bentota, Beruwala, Elpitiya, Mathugama +3
Total length
48km
Max discharge
36,1m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
25
River geography8 admin regions · 0 communes
8 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- WalallawitaKalutara · Sri Lanka43.4 kmin this dpt
- BentotaGalle · Sri Lanka20.3 kmin this dpt
- MathugamaKalutara · Sri Lanka5.8 kmin this dpt
- ElpitiyaGalle · Sri Lanka4.3 kmin this dpt
- BeruwalaKalutara · Sri Lanka1.6 kmin this dpt
- NiyagamaGalle · Sri Lanka0.5 kmin this dpt
- BalapitiyaGalle · Sri Lanka0.3 kmin this dpt
- PalindanuwaraKalutara · Sri Lanka0.1 kmin this dpt
2 intersecting protected areas
Yagirala
IUCN IbReserved Forest
Deiyangaswala
IUCN IbReserved Forest
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Species present
91 distinct species · 869 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bentota : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
48km
Max discharge
36,1m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
25
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.