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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 ...
Knuckles Mountain Range; N. Namunukula; S. Saptha Kanya This page was last edited on 26 December 2016, at 21:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The waterfall begins from Kuttapitiya Mountain and then flows to Kalu ganga [8] Kurundu oya Falls (Maturata Ella) 189 m (620 ft) Walapane: Nuwara Eliya: Central: The third highest fall in Sri Lanka. [9] Laxapana Falls: 129 m (423 ft) Hatton: Nuwara Eliya: Central: The fall has been affected by power stations at New Lakshapana, Canyon and ...
The Knuckles Mountain Range, Adam's Peak and Horton Plains are UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. The mountain of Pidurutalagala, an ultra-prominent peak and the tallest mountain in Sri Lanka at 2,524 m (8,281 ft), is also located in the Central Province.
However, the Rhododendrons are not a common plant in Sri Lanka, and the unsystematic local name seems to be"Maha-rathmal", i.e., "Big-Ixora", applied to smaller varieties which are more like ornamental Azelias. Maha Rath Mala is commonly available in Horton Plain, Knuckles mountain range and many of the parts towards the center of Sri Lanka.
The ecoregion partially encircles the Central Massif, which reach above 2,500 m (8,202 ft) and detached Knuckles Mountain Range. [4] These mountains are represented by their own ecoregion, Sri Lanka montane rain forests. The type of the soil of the ecoregion is red-yellow podzolic soil. [3]
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 ...