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The Sinhalese residents have traditionally referred to the area as Dumbara Kanduvetiya meaning Mist-laden Mountain Range. Early British surveyors gave the name knuckles, referring to a series of recumbent folds and peaks in the west of the massif which resemble the knuckles of clenched fist when viewed from certain locations in the Kandy District.
The Sri Lanka montane rain forests represent the montane and submontane moist forests above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in the central highlands and in the Knuckles mountain range. [5] Half of Sri Lanka's endemic flowering plants and 51 percent of the endemic vertebrates are restricted to this ecoregion. This ecoregion is inhabited by five strict ...
Known only from Knuckles Mountain Range. It is classified as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and logging. Description Adult reaches 60.0 mm SVL in ...
Some of the mountain peaks of the central highlands reach above 2500 m, although the average height is 1800 m. Knuckles rises to 1800 m, with an average elevation of 1500 m. Because of the elevation, ambient temperature is cooler than in the lowlands. The mean temperature in this area ranges between 15 °C-20 °C. [4]
Central Mountain Range (Taiwan Mountains) Taiwan: Xiuguluan Mountain: 3,860 ... Knuckles Mountain Range (Dumbara) Sri Lanka: 1,863 [5] Kolyma Mountains (Gydan Mountains)
A nature trail of about 0.75 km takes the visitor to Mini World's End, which is a deep escarpment situated at Pitawala Pathana. It resembles a small version of the famed World's End in Horton Plains.
The city is located in between multiple mountain ranges including the Knuckles mountain range and the Hanthana Mountain Range, giving the city an elevation of 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level. It lies adjacent to the artificial Kandy Lake and south of Udawatta Kele Sanctuary .
Brass knuckles (also called knuckles), weapons used in hand-to-hand combat; Knuckle coupler, a railway coupling, a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train; Knuckle joint (mechanical), used to connect the two rods which are under the tensile load; Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka