Veil of the Valley
A column of water.
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Devon Falls is a waterfall in the tea country of central Sri Lanka, 6 km west of Talawakele on the A7 highway and about 18 km west of Nuwara Eliya in a straight line. It is nicknamed the Veil of the Valley. The falls are named after Devon, a pioneering English coffee planter whose plantation lay nearby. At 97 metres high they rank as the country's 19th-highest waterfall, fed by a tributary of the Kotmale Oya, itself a tributary of the Mahaweli, Sri Lanka's longest river. The falls lie at 1,140 metres above sea level. White water drops in a long column down a dark rock face in a green valley, framed by forest and tea gardens terraced over the hills. The falls swell in the rainy season and break into pools and streams among the rocks at their foot. Most visitors view the falls from a lookout on the main road and photograph them with the surrounding tea estates. The falls pair naturally with nearby St Clair's Falls on the same road, and the hill country air is cooler and fresher than the coast.
A column of water.
Terraced hills.
By the road.
A7 highway, near Talawakele, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka
From a lookout on the main road.
St Clair's Falls.
