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Geography of Sri Lanka. / 7°N 81°E / 7; 81. Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea lanes. [1] The nation has a total area of 65,610 square kilometres (25,330 sq mi), with 64,630 square kilometres (24,950 sq mi) of land and ...
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon 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. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest ...
Geography of Sri Lanka An enlargeable topographic map of Sri Lanka. Geography of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is: an island country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Indian Ocean. between the Laccadive Sea and the Bay of Bengal; Eurasia. Asia. South Asia. Indian subcontinent (off the coast of India, on the same continental shelf)
The Central Province is located primarily in the central mountainous terrain of Sri Lanka. It is bordered by the North Central Province to the north, the Uva Province to the east, the North Western Province to the west and the Sabaragamuwa Province to the south and west. The province is famous for its production of Ceylon tea, where plantation ...
The following page lists the mountain peaks of Sri Lanka. Mountains Pidurutalagala, the tallest mountain in Sri Lanka at 2,524 m (8,281 ft). The military facility atop the summit is visible in this image. Kirigalpotta, the 2nd tallest mountain.
Cartography of Sri Lanka. The cartography of Sri Lanka is the history of the surveying and creation of maps of Sri Lanka. A list of maps of Sri Lanka in chronological order is shown below.
The Loris, found only in Sri Lanka and South India, is related to the Lemurs of Madagascar. The connection to India led to a commonality of species, e.g. freshwater fish, the now extinct Sri Lankan Gaur (Bibos sinhaleyus) and the Sri Lankan Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus). The island was connected, off and on at least 17 times in the past ...
This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Geography of Sri Lanka by district (27 C) Sri Lanka geography-related lists (3 C, 18 P) Geography of Sri Lanka by province (11 C)