Notes on the Geography of Sri Lanka: PaingamuwaPaingamuwa is a ribbon of houses along a road south from the University of Peradeniya. It's also a village fringing the Mahaweli Ganga. Some of it is paddy; some, mostly farther from the river, is upland planted to other crops. Make default image size larger ![]() Front yard of a prosperous villager's house. ![]() Tropical fruits, like this mango, are everywhere. ![]() See the jackfruit? It's green and about the size of an American football. ![]() Yes, the dog's exuberance is a bit mystifying. ![]() Midway up the stairs, an abandoned rice mill sits in the shack. ![]() The old mill. ![]() Down by the river, extensive paddy fields survive. The owner of the garden in the previous pictures owns five acres here--a principality, by local standards. ![]() Threshing ground in the paddy area; the uplands on both sides of the deniya are also cultivated, though mostly in tree crops. ![]() Here, an owner has decided to try cassava instead of profitless paddy. ![]() The cassava here has been harvested. ![]() Behind the cassava sticks and the paddy fields, you can make out the horizontal line of an irrigation canal. ![]() A gate along the channel. ![]() A shrine that has outlasted its tree. ![]() Path in the upland. ![]() This may looks like an unkempt forest, but most of the trees have edible products that are regularly harvested. ![]() Seasonally flooded land along the river ![]() The flow of the Mahaweli Ganga is limited here by an upstream reservoir. |
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