Nature

Sri Lanka Iron Ore Deposits

The high-grade basement of Sri Lanka is composed of several iron ore deposits (Cooray, 1984) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යකඩ නිධි) . These can be groupe…

Sam Popham's Arboretum

Sam Popham's Arboretum (Photo credit: Dilon Fernando, Google Street View) Sam Popham's Arboretum is a dry zone arboretum situated in D…

Ambuluwawa Tower and Biodiversity Complex

Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Complex A mbuluwawa Biodiversity Complex (Sinhala: අම්බුළුවාව කුළුණ හා ජෛව විවිධත්ව සංකීර්ණය) is located…

Hikkaduwa Beach and National Park

Hikkaduwa Beach H ikkaduwa Beach (Sinhala: හික්කඩුව වෙරළ තීරය) is a popular shoreline and National Park in Hikkaduwa in Galle Di…

Bees of Sri Lanka

Being pollinators, bees have become the most useful group of insects and there are over 20,000 species of described bees in the world (Karunaratne &…

Buttala Iron Ore Deposit

The Buttala iron ore deposit (Sinhala: බුත්තල යකඩ නිධිය) is exposed in the village of Kukurampola, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. It is located a…

Dedigama Kota Vehera

Kota Vehera , also known as Cuthighara/Suthighara Cetiya (Sinhala: දැදිගම කොට වෙහෙර, සූතිඝර වෙහෙර චෙෙත්‍යය), is an ancient Stupa located in the …