Beira Lake

There are three parts:

  • Of Eastlake, 43.2 Ha max. 5.6m deep
  • The Galle Face Lake and West Lake have put together 22.2, max 3.4 m depth.

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The Beira Lake is actually three lakes in the heart of the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The smaller lake ( East Lake ) is located south. There is also the Seema Malaka Temple. Between him and most of the Beira Lake ( East Lake ) is found slave Iceland and Union Place. Immediately at the fort is the Galle Face Lake. It also serves to drain the lakes.

The name is relatively new; he does not appear until 1927 on the cards before he was called only the Colombo Lake. The lake is surrounded by many important shops of the city. About a hundred years ago, the Beira Lake nor a size of 165 ha had, but the size is now shrunk to only 65 ha.

1521 Lake of the Portuguese was created to strengthen the defense of Fort Colombo. They used natural lowland areas of the Kelani. 1554 was built by the Portuguese Beiro a dam what is now the Dam Street. After the Dutch conquered the island, built in 1700, the Dutch engineer Johann de Beer and placed adjacent alluvial channels to further improve dry by the defense. Above all, he managed a channel between the Kelani and Panadura. During the colonial period in Sri Lanka the Sea of ​​the Portuguese, Dutch and English as a transport route was used to transport goods within the city. Already at the beginning of the 20th century was a pollution problem. They began at the time and with the expansion of the port, which resulted in the the lake shrank more and more. In the 1990s an attempt was made to restore the lake with the help of the World Bank. Among the measures the diversion of water from the nearby river Kelani was to prevent drying out to the. The measures were implemented only half-heartedly.

Located in lake slave Iceland was. There were settled at the time of the Dutch slaves who came from Goa in India. Southeast of the lake, you can be the the oldest Buddhist Monastery Gangaramya. It was founded by the monk Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera ( 1827-1911 ). On the lake, the Seema Malaka Temple floats also belongs to the monastery.

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