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National parks are a class of protected areas in Sri Lanka and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.National parks are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937 and may be created, amended or abolished by ministerial order. [1]
Hikkaduwa National Park is one of the three marine national parks in Sri Lanka. The national park contains a fringing coral reef of high degree of biodiversity. The area was declared a wildlife sanctuary on May 18, 1979, and then on August 14, 1988, upgraded to a nature reserve with extended land area. [ 1 ]
The tunnel would begin at the northern-end of Marine Drive, before connecting to the CIFC after passing under Galle Face Green.Preliminary assessments were completed to further extend the road connection to the Colombo Harbour and the New Kelani Bridge, where the existing E03 expressway begins, before terminating at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
Kayankerni coral reef is a typical shallow reef with an average length of around roughly 2.5 km (1.6 mi) along the coast at the southern end of the Vandalous Bay. [2] The waters within the territories of the reef is measured on an average depth of within 1 and 1.5 m (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 11 in) whereas the outer ends of the reef is remarkably measured at 6–7 m (20–23 ft).
Plant diversity and endemism in Sri Lanka are quite high. Of 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera, 916 species and 18 genera are endemic. [3] All but one of Sri Lanka's more than 55 dipterocarp (Sinhalese "Hora") are found nowhere else in the world. Sri Lanka's amphibian diversity is only becoming known now.
Name City Location Description Port of Colombo: Colombo: Largest port in the country Port of Hambantota: Hambantota: New port in the south Trincomalee Harbour
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries [21] [22] Rauff Hakeem: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress: 12 December 2001: Minister of Ports Development and Shipping [23] [24] Mangala Samaraweera: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 April 2004: Minister of Ports and Aviation [25] [26] [27] 23 November 2005: Mahinda ...
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