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Learn how climate change affects Sri Lanka's human and natural systems, and what strategies are being implemented to adapt to the impacts. Find out about temperature and weather trends, extreme events, sea level rise, and biodiversity loss.
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Thane was the strongest tropical cyclone of 2011 within the Bay of Bengal. Thane initially developed as a tropical disturbance within the monsoon trough to the west of Indonesia .
Mahabharata, the Hindu epic notes that hot well is near Gokarna bay, in the middle of the ocean and is the island shrine of Uma's consort Shiva, known in the three worlds and worshipped by all peoples from the subcontinent, including the native tribes Naga, Deva and the Yaksha, the rivers, ocean and mountains. [11]
Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, with a total area of 65,610 square kilometres. It has a tropical monsoon climate, a mountainous interior, and a coastline of 1,340 kilometres.
Thane is the headquarters of Thane district in Maharashtra, India, and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It has a population of over 2.5 million, a tropical monsoon climate, and a history of being a Maratha Empire stronghold and a British colonial outpost.
Kanneliya–Dediyagala–Nakiyadeniya or KDN is a forest complex in southern Sri Lanka. The forest complex designated as a biosphere reserve in 2004 by UNESCO. [1] The KDN complex is the last large remaining rainforest in Sri Lanka other than Sinharaja. [2] This forest area has been identified as one of the floristically richest areas in South ...
Kurunegala is a city in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka, surrounded by coconut plantations and rubber estates. It was an ancient royal capital for 50 years from the 13th to the 14th century, and has several rocky outcrops and archaeological sites.
The ecoregion covers an area of 48,400 square kilometers (18,700 sq mi), about 75%, of the island of Sri Lanka, with the exception of the islands' southwestern corner and Central Highlands, home to the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests and Sri Lanka montane rain forests ecoregions, respectively, and the northern Jaffna Peninsula, which is part of the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion.