Maduganga (ganga is Sinhalese for river) is situated in Balapitiya, along the country’s southern coast, within the Galle District of the southern Province of Sri Lanka. It opens to the Indian Ocean approximately 34km north-west to the city of Galle. That is 83km away through the galle road from capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo (nearly 3hours drive from Colombo). Balapitiya Bridge (300m south from Balapitiya bus stand) is over this Maduganga.Although Maduganga is referred to as a river it resembles a lagoon or an estuary in appearance. The total area of the estuary is about 915ha; of this 770.3ha is open water while 144.7ha account for the total area of true islands. Major inflows to Maduganga are Boralassa Ela, Heen Ela and Magala Ela.
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