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Hypnale hypnale is a venomous pit viper species endemic to India and Sri Lanka. [1] Common names include the hump-nosed viper, [2] Merrem's hump-nosed viper [3] hump-nosed pit viper, [4] [5] and Oriental hump-nosed viper. [6] No subspecies are currently recognized. [7]
Sri Lanka map of Köppen climate classification zones Sri Lanka is the nineteenth most water stressed country in the world. Sri Lanka's climate can be described as tropical , and quite hot. Its position between 5 and 10 north latitude endows the country with year-round warm weather, moderated by ocean winds and considerable moisture. [ 6 ]
This is a list of places in Sri Lanka with an English name – i.e. names that were originally placenames in England later applied in Sri Lanka by English emigrants and explorers. Places where the corresponding place name in England is well known
Sri Lanka, [c] historically known as Ceylon, [d] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
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]
More than 34 percent of Sri Lanka's endemic trees, shrubs, and herbs are only found in these forests. Dumbara (Knuckles) Conservation Forest was included in UNESCO natural world heritage list in 2010 as part of Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. [2]
Sri Angulimala Maha Stupa (Sri Angulimala Maha Seya) is a Relic Stupa [1] which houses 8 relics of Lord Buddha and 1000 relics of Angulimala Maharath Thera located in Chilaw, Bowatta area. Accordingly, Sri Angulimala Maha Stupa is the stupa with the largest number of relics of Angulimala Maharath Thera in the whole world.
The Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාමය, romanized: jētavanārāmaya) is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura, [2] Sri Lanka.