sinharaja forest

                                          Sinharja forest.

     

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 Sinharaja Rain Forest (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the last viable remnant of Sri Lanka's tropical lowland rainforest spanning an area of 18900 acres is located within Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces of the south-west lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka. Sinharaja is bounded by rivers on three sides.The mean annual rainfall recorded for the area ranges from 3,750 - 5,000 mm, mainly from the south west monsoon during May to July and north east monsoon during November to January.Sinharaja Forest Reserve. Located in south-west Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them are considered rare.Forest area (% of land area) in Sri Lanka was reported at 32.9 % in 2016, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators,