Shrinking Habitats (IMAGE) University of California - San Diego Caption In Sri Lanka, a large Minneriya reservoir built by King Mahasen in the third century provides Asian elephants with a year-round water supply and floodplain vegetation for foraging. Credit Shermin de Silva Usage Restrictions Must be used in conjunction with Asian elephant habitat loss study published in Scientific Reports. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.