HydroLAKES lake · #180250
Kangikudichchara Kulam
Natural lakeSri LankaAsia 24 m
Surface area
2,31km²
Avg depth
2,9m
Volume
6,82km³
Shoreline
11,2km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LahugalaAmpara · Sri Lanka1.63 km²70.9% of lake
- PothuvilAmpara · Sri Lanka0.41 km²17.6% of lake
- ThirukkovilAmpara · Sri Lanka0.27 km²11.5% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Bakmitiyawa Thibirigolla
IUCN IbReserved Forest
2.25 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
2,31km²
Avg depth
2,9m
Volume
6,820km³
Watershed
40km²
Shoreline
11,2km
Shore dev. idx
2,08
Residence time
100days
Elevation
24m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.