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  2. Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a forest reserve and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [1] According to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest.

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sinharaja Forest Reserve: Sabaragamuwa and Southern: 1988 405; ix, x (natural) Sinharaja Forest Reserve comprises some of Sri Lanka's last relatively undisturbed rain forests. The flora is a relic of the ancient Gondwanaland supercontinent, and it is important for the study of biological evolution and continental drift.

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia - Wikipedia

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    Sinharaja Forest Reserve Sabaragamuwa and Southern Province , Sri Lanka 6°25′N 80°30′E  /  6.417°N 80.500°E  / 6.417; 80.500  ( Sinharaja Forest

  5. Protected areas of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The protected areas that fall under supervision of the Department of Forest Conservation include forests defined in National Heritage Wilderness Area Act in 1988, forest reservations, and forests managed for sustainability. [2] Sinharaja Forest Reserve is an example for a National Heritage forest (it is also a World Heritage Site).

  6. Kanneliya–Dediyagala–Nakiyadeniya - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Sri Lanka lowland rain forests - Wikipedia

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    World Heritage Site Sinharaja Forest Reserve is an important forest in this ecoregion Lowland rain forest in the Western Province. The Sri Lanka lowland rain forests represents Sri Lanka's Tropical rainforests below 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in elevation in the southwestern part of the island.

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    The trends of Christmas past are alive and well. Break out your family treasures or get in the spirit of collecting with these ideas for finding and displaying classic baubles.

  9. Rakwana - Wikipedia

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    Located at an elevation of 464 m (1,522 ft), north of Sinharaja Mountains, on the A17 highway. It is 12 km (7.5 mi) from Rakwana-Deniyaya on the way to Galle. It also has roads leading to Embilipitiya and Kalawana. Rakwana acts as one of the gateways for the famous Sinharaja Forest reserve.