{"id":1210,"date":"2019-08-16T19:24:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnations.net\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2019-08-16T19:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:54:45","slug":"bopath-ella-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarinigar.com\/english\/bopath-ella-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Bopath Ella Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id_5d56ab9ea65d00448455360\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1212 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigarenglish.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/67510177_474227376725503_7180509291059609600_n.jpg?resize=289%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"67510177_474227376725503_7180509291059609600_n\" width=\"289\" height=\"186\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaltourism.lk\/?__tn__=%2CdK%2AF-R&amp;eid=ARC9HkAM9KfDgId1n1vct5aaaZi3v5XeW1EQK7kVqg-SO7E87DHg3Uypkf7tUng-22Sv9CSzsrW7hNJa\">Royal Tourism<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Bopath Ella is a waterfall situated in the Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka. It has a shape very similar to the leaf of the Sacred fig or &#8220;Bo&#8221; tree, which has earned it this name. The waterfall is a major tourist attraction in the country. Local myths say that it is haunted and that it hides a treasure trove. Bopath Ella is located in a village named Ag<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">alwatte in Kuruwita in the Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"id_5d56ab9ea65d00448455360\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Bopath Ella is 30 metres (98 ft) high. It is formed from the Kuru Ganga, which is a tributary of the Kalu Ganga. Its mean rate of flow is 6 square metres (65 sq ft) per second, and its catchment area receives an average rainfall of 5,080 millimetres (200 in) annually. Water from the falls is used for paddy cultivation. Bopath Ella is also the most comprehensively studied waterfall in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Bopath Ella is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka, since it is not far from the capital, Colombo, and is easily accessible. There have been unsuccessful attempts to use the waterfall to generate hydroelectricity. The path to the waterfall is lined with a number of shops and stalls, and it is somewhat polluted because of this commercialization<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\"><\/span><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftTagList\" class=\"fbPhotoTagList\"><span class=\"fcg\">\u00a0\u2014 in\u00a0<span class=\"fbPhotoTagListTag withTagItem tagItem\"><a class=\"taggee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sri-Lanka\/109425715742818\">Sri Lanka<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2663 Contact for your tour : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaltourism.lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Tourism &#8211; Sri Lanka<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1212 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigarenglish.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/67510177_474227376725503_7180509291059609600_n.jpg?resize=700%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"67510177_474227376725503_7180509291059609600_n\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Tourism\u00a0&#8211; Sri Lanka Bopath Ella is a waterfall situated in the Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka. 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