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Sri Lankan Ancient units of Area Smaller Unit = Larger Unit Approximately Equivalent Metric amount 1 Laaha 4.59870 m 2 (0.00114 acres) 40 Laaha = 1 Pǣla 183.94802 m 2 (0.045455 acres) 12 Pǣla = 12 Kuruni 2207.37623 m 2 (0.54545 acres) 44 Kuruni = 1 Amuna 8093.71 m 2 (2 acres) 1 Amuna = 25 Kareesa 3237.49 m 2 (0.8 acres) 4 Amuna = 1 Kiriya ...
More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. [6] The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vijayan Series occur in the eastern and ...
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.
Sri Lanka's more recent history was marred by the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War, which began in 1983 and ended in 2009, when the Sri Lanka Armed Forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. [19] Sri Lanka is a developing country, ranking 78th on the Human Development Index.
One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka: Type: Reservoir: Primary outflows: Transferred water to Thisa Wewa via Jaya Ganga: Basin countries: Sri Lanka: Surface area: 7 square miles (18.1 km²) at full capacity: Water volume: 123 million cubic meters (4 billion cubic feet) Shore length 1: 40 miles (64.4 km) 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
~ 91.5 cm (36 inches / 3 feet) 2 náriká 1 dhanu ~ 183 cm (72 inches / 6 feet) to 192 cm ( 75.6 inches / 6 feet 3.5 inches) [14] 1 paurusa a man's height with arms and fingers uplifted (standing reach) [15] ~ 192 cm (75 inches) 2,000 dhanu [16] 1 gavyuti or gorutam (distance at which a cow's call or lowing can be heard) ~ 3.66 to 3.84 km 4 ...