HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080049220
Bassin de Kala Oya
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 21 administrative regions : Dambulla, Ehetuwewa, Galewela, Galgamuwa, Galnewa +16
Sub-basin area
2 873,4km²
Upstream area
2 873,4km²
Discharge
36,58m³/s
Mean elev.
120m
Administrative coverage
21 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 502.8 km²17.6% of basin
- 313.6 km²11.0% of basin
- VanathavilluwaPuttalam · Sri Lanka238.8 km²8.3% of basin
- 216.7 km²7.6% of basin
- KaruwalagaswewaPuttalam · Sri Lanka208.8 km²7.3% of basin
- 174.3 km²6.1% of basin
- 170.4 km²6.0% of basin
- 163.7 km²5.7% of basin
13 moreFull L2 list
- Galnewa133.8 km² · 4.7%
- Ipalogama133.0 km² · 4.6%
- Thalawa133.0 km² · 4.6%
- Thambuttegama106.9 km² · 3.7%
- Galgamuwa103.4 km² · 3.6%
- Rajanganaya98.2 km² · 3.4%
- Ehetuwewa95.7 km² · 3.3%
- Naula29.2 km² · 1.0%
- Polpithigama27.7 km² · 1.0%
- Thirappane5.5 km² · 0.2%
- Palugaswewa2.9 km² · 0.1%
- Pallepola2.6 km² · 0.1%
- Ibbagamuwa0.1 km² · 0.0%
30 intersecting protected areas
Wilpattu
IUCN IINational Park
434.24 km² overlap
Kahalla - Pallekele
IUCN IVSanctuary
167.67 km² overlap
Tabbowa
IUCN IVSanctuary
67.83 km² overlap
Ipologama
IUCN IbReserved Forest
24.21 km² overlap
Kahalla
IUCN IbReserved Forest
23.68 km² overlap
Nature Reserve
20.13 km² overlap
Palwehera
IUCN IbReserved Forest
19.63 km² overlap
Inamaluwa
IUCN IbReserved Forest
14.50 km² overlap
Sigiriya
IUCN IVSanctuary
13.94 km² overlap
21 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Kandalama
IUCN IbReserved Forest
13.09 km² overlap
Yodaela
IUCN IbReserved Forest
10.93 km² overlap
Tittawelgolla
IUCN IbReserved Forest
9.46 km² overlap
Lenadora Dummalakele
IUCN IbReserved Forest
8.03 km² overlap
Pallekele
IUCN IbReserved Forest
6.55 km² overlap
Ranawakanda (NamalUyana)
IUCN IaConservation Forest
6.29 km² overlap
Wanniyagama
IUCN IbReserved Forest
5.64 km² overlap
Angunawelpelessa Erula
IUCN IbReserved Forest
5.46 km² overlap
Neeraviya
IUCN IbReserved Forest
3.54 km² overlap
Beliyakanda
IUCN IbReserved Forest
3.39 km² overlap
Welangolla Forest Reserve
IUCN IbReserved Forest
2.88 km² overlap
Korakahagolla
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.84 km² overlap
Serudandapola
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.43 km² overlap
Bandakkagala
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.36 km² overlap
Arangala penalaboda
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.17 km² overlap
Embulambe
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.04 km² overlap
Wemadilla
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.02 km² overlap
Bongamuwa
IUCN IbReserved Forest
0.95 km² overlap
Nilagama
IUCN IbReserved Forest
0.91 km² overlap
Gommottakanda
IUCN IbReserved Forest
0.84 km² overlap
Karawilahena
IUCN IbReserved Forest
0.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 037 distinct species · 91 904 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Bassin de Kala Oya : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,2°C
Annual rain
1 326mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
507mm/an
PET
1 579mm
AET
1 033mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
103cm
Forest
27%
Crops
37%
Urban
13%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)