Sin: ගල් ඔය gal oya
‘Rocky River’ EP, UP, Sri Lanka
From Sin: gala, ‘stone, rock, rocky place’; and oya, ‘river, stream – smaller than ganga’.
The Gal Oya river was dammed in 1950 and the Gal Oya National Park was established in 1954 – it is the drainage basin for the Senenayake Samudra reservoir.
The Gal Oya, 108 km (67 mi) long, is the 16th longest river in Sri Lanka.
Gal Oya National Park during the monsoon Mahendra Prasad Peiris