Beira Lake
Beira Lake is a lake in the center of the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The lake is surrounded by many large businesses in the city. It initially occupied approximately 1.65 km² of land 100 years ago and this has since been reduced to 0.65 km² today due to various reasons.
Research Publications
Composition, Density and Distribution of Zooplankton in South West and East Lakes of Beira Lake Soon After the Restoration of South West Lake
| Author: | A.I. Kamaladasa and Y.N.A. Jayatunga |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 20/03/2007 |
| Pages: | 7 |
Restoring Beira Lake
| Author: | Leonard Dissanayake and Ravi Pereira |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 01/01/1996 |
| Pages: | 82 |
Trophic Status of Beira Lake
| Author: | Charmalie Nahallage and Swarna Piyasiri |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 12/02/1997 |
| Pages: | 7 |
Trophic status of the restored South-West and non-restored East Beira Lakes
| Author: | A.I.Kamaladasa and Y.NA.Jayatunga |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 14/02/2007 |
| Pages: | 7 |
Hydrohiology of Colombo (Beira) Lake, I. Diurnal Variations In Ten1-perature, Hydrochemical Factors and Zooplankton
| Author: | H. H. CostA AND S. S. De Silva |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 01/12/1969 |
| Pages: | 9 |
Environmental Screening Report for Improvements to Distributed Sewerage Network around Beira Lake
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 01/07/2013 |
| Pages: | 44 |
Socio-economic impacts of eutrophication of Beira Lake in Colombo
| Author: | Savinda Heshani, Sachini Athukorala, Sanduni Rasanjali and Kosala Handapangoda |
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| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 2 |
Classification of Spatial Variability of Water Quality using Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra: A Case Study on Beira Lake
| Author: | K. M. W. Udeshi, H. H. E. Jayaweera, D. D. Wickramasinghe, T. R. Ariyaratne |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 31/03/2017 |
| Pages: | 6 |
Biodegradation of microcystin analogues by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from Beira Lake Sri Lanka
| Author: | F. Sumaiya Idroos, B.G.D.N.K. De Silva and Pathmalal M. Manage |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 15/09/2016 |
| Pages: | 9 |
Influence of urban water bodies on microclimate and thermal comfort: Case study of Beira Lake, Colombo
| Author: | N G R Perera and A Liyanapathirana |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 01/12/2014 |
| Pages: | 14 |
Seasonal occurrence of Microcystin-LR with respect to physico-chemical aspects of Beira lake water
| Author: | Sumaiya F Idroos, Pathmalal M Manage |
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| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 9 |
General Publications
Beira clean-up !
| Author: | Daily mirror |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 18/06/2021 |
| Pages: | 6 |
Fish dying in the Beira
| Author: | Daily mirror |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 18/06/2021 |
| Pages: | 3 |
The Beira Lake’s rich history
| Author: | Sunday Observer |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 13/11/2011 |
| Pages: | 3 |
No kunu Beira Lake clean up a success
| Author: | Daily mirror |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 18/06/2021 |
| Pages: | 6 |
Singapore and Colombo collaborate on rejuvenating Beira Lake
| Author: | THE STRAITS TIMES |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 23/01/2018 |
| Pages: | 2 |
Stinking Beira suffering due to broken sewage line
| Author: | Daily mirror |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 18/06/2021 |
| Pages: | 5 |
The History Of The Beira Lake
| Author: | SHANNINE DANIEL |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 14/12/2017 |
| Pages: | 9 |
Interview With Beira Lake
| Author: | The Island |
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| Language: | English |
| Year: | 03/10/1998 |
| Pages: | 1 |
Un’Beira’ble Stench
| Language: | English |
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| Pages: | 1 |
Presentation
Beira Lake Intervention Area Development Plan
Sri Lanka and Canadian Professionals were prepared Master Plan for Beira Lake and surrounding areas based on the Beira Lake Restoration Study, 1993.
25 pages
Gallery
East Beira Lake
Gall Face Lake
South West Beira Lake
West Beira Lake
Videos
Galle Face Outfall
St Sebestian Canal Outfall
West Beira Lake
South West Beira Lake
Data
Water Quality Monitoring At Beira Lake, Colombo
The report is based on water quality monitoring at Beira Lake which is located in Colombo city (6°45'-7°00'N 79° 30'-79° 55'E ) (Figure 1).
WETLAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Metro Colombo Wetland Management Strategy was developed as a complementary initiative towards achieving capacity enhancement.......
Identified Critical Inlets to Beira Lake
Maps
Beira Lake – 1
Beira Lake – 2
Websites
Beira Lake
Beira Lake Intervention Area Development Plan
Clean Up And Rehabilitation Of Beira Lake, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Beira Lake
Restoring Beira Lake
Opening Ceremony of Linear Park along Beira Lake (Eastern Bank of East Beira)
Ripples On The Water: A History Of The Beira Lake
Local Institutes
Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Location: Colombo
Urban Development Authority
Location: Battaramulla
Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation
Location: Rajagiriya