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This is a list of lists of notable individuals from Sri Lanka. Academics. Activists and heroes National Heroes of Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan independence activist ...
The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]
National parks are a class of protected areas in Sri Lanka and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.National parks are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937 and may be created, amended or abolished by ministerial order. [1]
The wildlife of Sri Lanka includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats. Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of biological endemism (16% of the fauna and 23% of flowering plants are endemic [ 1 ] ).
Kandyan era frescoes are mural paintings created during the Kingdom of Kandy (1469–1815) in Sri Lanka, a time when kings gave a special place to arts and literature. As there was a political instability in Sri Lanka after the Anuradhapura Era , which lasted more than 500 years, kings didn't take much effort to build up the religious side of ...
Sri Lanka map of climate classification zones. Sri Lanka is in the north-equatorial tropical zone. Therefore it experiences a climate with high rainfall and temperature which permits the county to be broadly classified into groups as follows. Terrestrial ecosystems Forests – Lowland rain forests, dry monsoon forests, montane forests, thorn scrubs
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Visual arts in Sri Lanka refers to a variety of visual art forms, including as painting, drawing, sculpture architecture and other visual arts from the ancient time to modern Sri Lanka. The history of visual art of Sri Lanka has long history, starting from the 2nd or 3rd century BC to the present day.