A wealth of river basin based water heritage is abundant in SriLanka.<http://www.adb.org/water/narbo/2005/training-program/pres-Tennakoon-NARBO-training.pdf/> Reservoirs of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) are different from the water tanks we see in ancient civilisations or bodies of water collected for purposes such as generation of electricity or supplying water for consumption.
Tanks are locally termed 'Weva's (plural: Wew).
- Kala Weva
- Parakrama Samudraya or Sea of Parakrama
- Minneriya
- Kantale Weva
- Ridiyagama
- Yoda weva
- Tissa weva
- Badagiriya
- Lunugamwehera
- Muruthawela
- Hurulu weva
- Abhayavapi tank
- Nuwara weva
- Naccaduwa wewa
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