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Kanneliya–Dediyagala–Nakiyadeniya or KDN is a forest complex in southern Sri Lanka. The forest complex designated as a biosphere reserve in 2004 by UNESCO. [1] The KDN complex is the last large remaining rainforest in Sri Lanka other than Sinharaja. [2] This forest area has been identified as one of the floristically richest areas in South ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Dillenia triquetra is a plant endemic to the island of Sri Lanka, ...
The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. [3] Attached to it is the " National Herbarium of Sri Lanka ". The total area of the botanical garden is 147 acres (0.59 km 2 ), at 460 meters above sea level, and with a 200-day annual rainfall.
Eluvaitivu has several meanings in Tamil including "the island of landmark" which is derived from the Tamil words elu (mast or tower), vai (land) and tivu (island). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The island has an area of 1.4 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi) and had a population of 555 at the 2012 census.
The island has an area of 7.56 square kilometres (2.92 sq mi) and is divided into three village officer divisions (Mandaitivu East, Mandaitivu South and Mandaitivu West) whose combined population was 1,524 in the 2012 census. [1] [2] Mandaitivu is connected to the Jaffna Peninsula and the neighbouring island of Velanaitivu by a causeway. [3] [4]
Adam's Bridge with Mannar Island in the foreground. An Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment of Northern Province produced by the government with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme and published in October 2014 recommended that a national park with an area of 18,990 ha (46,925 acres) be created on the Sri Lankan section of ...
Extended in an area of 22.95 square kilometres (8.86 sq mi), the island is divided into nine village officer divisions whose combined population was 9,576 at the 2012 census. [ 2 ] Karaitivu is connected to Jaffna peninsula by a causeway and there is a ferry service from Kayts on the neighbouring island of Velanaitivu .
The tank cascade system (Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellaṅgāva) is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka. It is a network of thousands of small irrigation tanks ( Sinhala : වැව , romanized: wewa ) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and surface runoff for later use.