List of caves in Sri Lanka

This is a list of caves in Sri Lanka.

A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground,Whitney, W. D. (1889). "Cave, n.1." def. 1. The Century dictionary: An encyclopedic lexicon of the English language (Vol. 1, p. 871). New York: The Century Co."Cave" Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009 specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deeply underground. The word cave can also refer to much smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos, though strictly speaking a cave is exogene, meaning it is deeper than its opening is wide, and a rock shelter is endogene.

List of caves

CaveDistrictProvinceLocationLengthNotes m ft Andirilena Cave Galle Southern   Aluvihare Rock Temple Matale Central     Cave temple   Batatotalena Cave Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa Cave temple Belilena Cave Kegalle Sabaragamuwa       Bogoda Cave Badulla Uva   Dambulla Cave Temple Matale Central     Cave temple   Fa Hien Cave Kalutara Western         Hunugalagala Limestone Cave Badulla Uva         Kuragala Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa Cave ruins   Lahugala Cave Ampara Eastern   Mahalenama Cave Ampara Eastern Nitro Cave   Central   Pannila Cave Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa   Rawana Ella Cave Badulla Uva Cave temple Rotupihilla Cave Nuwara Eliya Central         Sithripura Cave Badulla Uva         Waulpane Cave Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa  

See also Geography of Sri Lanka List of caves

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