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100 m (328 ft) Nanuoya Falls: 60 m (197 ft) Central: Okandagala Falls: 63 m (207 ft) Oolu Ella: 127 m (417 ft) Yatiyantota: Kegalle: Sabaragamuwa: It is the 6th tallest waterfall in Sri Lanka and the highest waterfall in connected with Kelani River. [12] Peessa Ella: 45 m (148 ft) Lunugala: Uva: Puna Falls: 100 m (328 ft) Pundaluoya Nuwara ...
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]
100 Galway's Land: Central Province: 18 May 2006: 0 0 Hikkaduwa: Southern Province: 8 October 2002: 1 0 Horagolla: Western Province: 28 July 2004: 0 0 Horowpathana: North Central Province: 6 December 2011: 26 10 Horton Plains: Central Province: 16 March 1988: 32 12 Kaudulla: North Central Province: 1 April 2002: 69 27 Kumana (Yala East) Eastern ...
Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors. [1] It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest river in Sri Lanka). [2] It is renowned for its collection of orchids.
1.44 Budhangala National Sanctuary: Eastern Province: 1 November 1974: 18.41 7.11 Bundala-Wilmanna National Sanctuary: 30 June 2006: 33.39 12.89 Dahaiyagala National Sanctuary: 7 June 2002: 26.85 10.37 Elahera-Girithale National Sanctuary: 13 January 2000: 140.35 54.19 Eluwilayaya National Sanctuary: Southern Province: 11 September 2009: 1.86 0.72
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 ] ).
Waterfall in the national park. Horton Plains is located on the southern plateau of the central highlands of Sri Lanka. [2] The peaks of Kirigalpoththa (2,389 m (7,838 ft)) and Thotupola Kanda (2,357 m (7,733 ft)), the second and the third highest of Sri Lanka, are situated to the west and north respectively.