HydroLAKES lake · #179958
Wahalkada Wewa
Natural lakeSri LankaAsia 49 m
Surface area
9,37km²
Avg depth
11,5m
Volume
107,98km³
Shoreline
32,2km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- HorowpothanaAnuradhapura · Sri Lanka8.26 km²88.6% of lake
- KebithigollewaAnuradhapura · Sri Lanka1.06 km²11.4% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Paddawiya
IUCN IbReserved Forest
1.27 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
9,37km²
Avg depth
11,5m
Volume
107,980km³
Watershed
93km²
Shoreline
32,2km
Shore dev. idx
2,96
Residence time
877days
Elevation
49m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.