Devon Falls, known as the 'Veil of the Valley', is a waterfall in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

, situated west of

Talawakele Talawakelle (, ) is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban councils of Sri Lanka, Urban Council. It is the centre of the Dimbula tea planting district, the largest Ceylon tea (black), tea growing a ...

Nuwara Eliya District Nuwara Eliya District (; ) is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka, centered on the tourist city of Nuwara Eliya. Demographics According to the 2001 census of Sri Lanka, population of Nuwara Eliya district is 703,610, of which 50.5 ...

on the A7 highway. The falls is named after a pioneer English coffee planter called Devon, whose plantation was situated nearby. The waterfall is high and is the 19th highest in the country. The falls are formed by a tributary of

Kothmale Oya The Kotmale River () is the longest tributary of Mahaweli River. The river begins as the Agra Oya, in the Horton Plains. The Central Plains have an annual rainfall of between 125 and 200 inches a year. The river is approximately long and drains ...

, which is a tributary of

Mahaweli River The Mahaweli River (, literally "Great Sandy River"; 'mahawali gangai'', is a long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. It has a drainage basin of , the largest in the country, which covers almost one-fifth of the total area of the ...

. The elevation of Devon Falls is above sea level.

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Landforms of Nuwara Eliya District Waterfalls in Central Province, Sri Lanka {{NuwaraEliyaDistrict-geo-stub

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