Chundikkulam Lagoon (Tamil: சுண்டிக்குளம் கடல் நீரேரி, Sinhala: කුම්බවැව Kumbavæwa) is a lagoon in Jaffna District and Kilinochchi District, north-east Sri Lanka. The town of Chundikkulam is located on a narrow piece of land between the lagoon and the Indian Ocean. The lagoon is sometimes referred to as Elephant Pass Lagoon.
The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers from the south, including Kanakarayan Aru, Netheli Aru and Theravil Aru. It used to be linked to Jaffna Lagoon but since the construction of the causeway at Elephant Pass the lagoon has in effect been a lake. The lagoon's water is brackish.
The lagoon is surrounded by palmyra palm plantations and scrubland. The land is used for prawn fishing and some salt production.
The lagoon has small areas of mangrove swamp and sea grass beds. The lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds including storks, ibis, ducks, coot, gulls and tern.
Most of the lagoon was designated a bird sanctuary in 1938.
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ChundikkulamLagoon (Tamil: சுண்டிக்குளம் கடல் நீரேரி, Sinhala: කුම්බවැව Kumbavæwa) is a lagoon in Jaffna District and Kilinochchi District, north-east...
Sri Lanka, approximately 12 km (7 mi) north east of Kilinochchi. ChundikkulamLagoon and its surrounding area was designated as a bird sanctuary on 25...
internal lagoons, Vadamarachchi Lagoon and Uppu Aru Lagoon, and the external ChundikkulamLagoon (sometimes known as Elephants Pass Lagoon). The lagoons receive...
the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. The river empties into ChundikkulamLagoon. List of rivers in Sri Lanka "Northern Province Statistical Information...
Mullaitivu District and Kilinochchi District. It empties into the ChundikkulamLagoon. List of rivers of Sri Lanka "Northern Province Statistical Information...
Mullaitivu District and Kilinochchi District. The river empties into ChundikkulamLagoon after a 24 km (15mi) journey. List of rivers in Sri Lanka "Northern...
through Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. The river empties into ChundikkulamLagoon. List of rivers in Sri Lanka "Northern Province Statistical Information...
Theepan and his cadres withdrew from the peninsula to Challai via Chundikkulamlagoon. He was also in charge of defending Kilinochchi and despite being...
Lagoon. Whilst parts of the projects were completed in the 1960s, the crucial Mulliyan channel linking ChundikkulamLagoon with Vadamarachchi Lagoon wasn't...
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