. . . "0.0"^^ . "\u0DB8\u0DC4\u0DC0\u0DD0\u0DBD\u0DD2 \u0D9C\u0D9F"@en . . . "Mahaweli River"@en . "Mahawaluka nadee" . "The Mahaweli River (Sinhalese: \u0DB8\u0DC4\u0DC0\u0DD0\u0DBD\u0DD2 \u0D9C\u0D9F, literally \"Great Sandy River\"; Tamil: \u0BAE\u0B95\u0BBE\u0BB5\u0BB2\u0BBF \u0B86\u0BB1\u0BC1 [mahawali gangai]), is a 335 km (208 mi) long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. Its drainage basin is the largest in the country, and covers almost one-fifth of the total area of the island. The river reaches the Bay of Bengal on the southwestern side of Trincomalee Bay."@en . . .