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Name | Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)/ Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Kalu Ganga Basin data |
Metadata Identifier | AWCI_Kalu_Ganga20230727062716-DIAS20221121113753-en |
Name | Saman Weerakoon |
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Organization | University of Peradeniya |
Address | Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka |
TEL | +94-81-2393566 |
sbweera@pdn.ac.lk |
Name | DIAS Office |
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Organization | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
Address | 3173-25, Showa-Cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0001, Japan |
dias-office@diasjp.net |
Name | Saman Weerakoon |
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Organization | University of Peradeniya |
sbweera@pdn.ac.lk |
Name | Saman Weerakoon |
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Organization | University of Peradeniya |
sbweera@pdn.ac.lk |
creation : 2010-09-30
The Kalu (River) Ganga basin located at the South-Western part of Sri Lanka. It is about 130 km long discharges into the Indian Ocean. The flood disasters continue in the basin due to climatic, hydrologic, topographic and land use characteristics in the basin. . There is a hydropower reservoir at one of the upper reaches. Population density in Kalutara and Ratnapura districts are 677 and 314 person/sq km.
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Begin Date | 2003-01-01 |
End Date | 2004-12-31 |
Temporal Characteristics | Daily |
North bound latitude | 6.731111 |
West bound longitude | 79.95 |
Eastbound longitude | 80.583333 |
South bound latitude | 6.4625 |
Keyword Type | Keyword | Keyword thesaurus Name |
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discipline | flood, AWCI, Kalu Ganga, stream flow, Rainfall | No_Dictionary |
Keyword Type | Keyword | Keyword thesaurus Name |
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theme | DIAS > Data Integration and Analysis System | No_Dictionary |
Estimated by the gauge height measured manually.
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