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St.Clair's Falls | Talawakele | GoPlaces Sri Lanka • Height : 80 meters • District : Nuwara Eliya • Place : Talawakele • St. Clair's Falls is one of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka. It is called the Little Niagara of Sri Lanka and is one of the most politically discussed environmental entities in Sri Lanka. • It is situated 3 km west of the town of Talawakele on the Hatton-Talawakele Highway in Nuwara Eliya District.[1] The falls derived its name from a nearby tea estate. The Falls is 80m high and hence 20th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka. St. Clair's falls comprises two falls called Maha Ella (Sinhalese The Greater Fall ) and Kuda Ella, (Sinhalese The Lesser Fall ) which is 50m high and was created by a tributary of Kotmale Oya. • Route from Colombo to St. Clairs Falls Route from Nuwara Eliya to St. Clairs falls • Though : Hatton Road • Distance : 29 km • Travel time : 1 hour • Driving directions : see on google map • Downstream to the main fall is a second waterfall of 50 m in height called Kuda Ella, which is best visible at the curve near 90 km post. At this point, though far, complete fall of St. Clairs is visible including the last section that was partly hidden. • The main fall is located 3 km from Talawakele. • Source : www.srilankanwaterfalls.net • Unfortunately the recently commissioned Upper Kotmale Hydro power project has effected seven waterfalls out of which 5 are major tourist attractions in the country. These are: • • Devon Falls • St Claire’s Falls • Puna Oya Ella Falls – ( 70% reduction in the water flow) • Ramboda Ella Falls – ( 50% reduction in the water flow) • Dunsinane Falls ( Pandalu Oya Falls) • St. Andrews Falls (50m) – expected to disappear altogether • St Claire’s Falls waterfall will be one of the most effected waterfalls and the Government has ordered relevant authorities that enough water will be released so that the St. Clair’s waterfall will maintain a continuous flow of 47,250 m3 (1,668,618 cu ft) of water for 10 hours and 30 minutes daily, between sunrise and sunset. But the water has dwindled to such an extent that it has lost all its glory now. • • Waterfalls of Sri Lanka | St.Clair's ... • http://www.goplacessrilanka.com • / goplaces.srilanka • / goplacessl • / goplacessrilanka • / goplacessrilanka

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