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Clair’s Falls

April 23, 2008

Saint clairs falls is known as piyaeli rejina (queen of the water falls) and it is the widest waterfall in Sri Lanka. The 80 meters high fall is situated close to Dimbulla junction on the Hatton Thalawaqkake high way. It has got the name from the tea state through which it meanders to the point of the falls. Planters called it the “Bride” in veil it is also known as the small Niagara due to its resemblance with the word renowned Niagara Falls in the US. The cascade falls as two separate Sheets of water the first is 240.9 feet wide and the second 139 feet wide. The sours of the falls are Kothmale oya a tributary.

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