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Due to sheer serendipity, Dhanapala, whilst flicking through the UK broadsheets, stumbled upon an article featuring Charles Ware, owner of Britain's Morris Minor Company, and a relationship was forged between the two, whereby Morris Minor parts would be made in Sri Lanka by Dhanapala's team and sent to UK for Charles' for assembly.
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.
Major irrigation schemes of Sri Lanka, as evident from the earliest written records in the Mahawansa, date back to the fourth century BCE (Parker, 1881; [1] Brohier, 1934). ). The purpose and determination in the construction of the irrigation systems are depicted by the words of Parakrama Bahu I, 1153–1186 CE: "Let not even a drop of rain water go to the sea without benefiting
Sri Lanka has a total area of 65,610 km 2, with 64,740 km 2 of land and 870 km 2 of water, and a coastline that is 1,340 km long. The main island of Sri Lanka has an area of 65,268 km 2 and is the 25th largest island in the world by area. [2] Dozens of offshore islands account for the remaining 342 km 2 of area.
The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D. Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundera. [1]
Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.
The lowland rain forests accounts for 2.14 percent of Sri Lanka's land area. [3] This ecoregion is the home of the jungle shrew, a small endemic mammal of Sri Lanka. [4] Sri Lanka has the highest density of amphibian species worldwide. [2] Many of these, including 250 species of tree frogs, live in these rain forests.
The diversity of sea cucumbers of Sri Lanka show extensive research work. [11] Many species are edible and economically important, whereas some researches about sea cucumbers in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka have been documented. [12] [13] However, some species are extensively studied.