Wilpita Wewa and Forest Reserve Wilpita Wewa , also known as Lenabatuwa Wewa (Sinhala: විල්පිට වැව, ලේනබටුව වැව), is an irrigation tank situated at the northeast edge of the Wilpita Forest Reserve (or Oliyagankele Forest Reserve ; Sinhala: ඔලියගන්කැලේ රක්ෂිත වනාන්තරය) near Kamburupitiya in Matara District, Sri Lanka (Abeyawardana, 2004). The Wilpita Forest Reserve is considered the most diverse of the forest in the district as it has a high floral and faunal diversity with a high proportion of endemic species (Kumari et al., 2005). It is presently under the administration of the Department of Forest Conservation. The Wilpita tank is mainly fed from the water sources that come from the Wilpita Forest Reserve and from a Bubula (a natural water spring) called Galagawa. The reservoir extends into an area of about 3,075 acres providing water to irrigate paddy lands of about 246 acres. The old Lenabatuwa Ambalama is located at the southern border of the tank. The Wilpita Forest Reserve is a medium lowland tropical rainforest …
