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…
Nature
Maduganga Estuary | Ramsar Convention Site
The Madu-Ganga Wetland , or Maduganga Mangrove Estuary (Sinhala: මාදු ගඟ), is a small and relatively shallow brackish coastal aquatic system situat…
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…
Horton Plains National Park | Super Bio Diversity Hotspot
Horton Plains National Park (Sinhala: හෝර්ටන් තැන්න ජාතික වනෝද්යානය; Tamil: ஓட்டன் சமவெளி தேசிய வனம்) is a national park situated in the Central H…
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…
Kadurugoda Viharaya Archaeological Reserve
Kadurugoda Archaeological Reserve K adurugoda Viharaya , also known as Kantarodai Archaeological Reserve (Sinhala: කදුරුගොඩ විහාරය) is located…
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…
Badulla Pillar Inscription of Udaya IV
Badulla Pillar Inscription , also known as Soraborawewa Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: බදුල්ල ටැම් ලිපිය, බදුලු ටැම් ලිපිය, සොරබොරවැව ටැම් ලිපිය), …
Minneriya National Park
Minneriya National Park (Sinhala: මින්නේරිය ජාතික වනෝද්යානය; Tamil: மின்னேரியா தேசிய வனம்) is a national park situated in Polonnaruwa District, Sr…
Heritance Kandalama
Heritance Kandalama (Sinhala: හෙරිටන්ස් කණ්ඩලම හෝටලය) is a star class luxury hotel located in the vicinity of Kandalama Wewa, Matale District, S…
Somawathiya National Park
Somawathiya National Park S omawathiya National Park (Sinhala: සෝමාවතිය ජාතික වනෝද්යානය) is a national park that lies between E…
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Located in the southwestern part of Sri Lanka, Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sinhala: සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය; Tamil: சிங்கராஜக் காடு) is the country's la…
Kaludiya Pokuna (Mihintale)
Not to be confused with Kaludiya Pokuna, Dambulla Kaludiya Pokuna (Sinhala: මිහින්තලේ කළුදිය පොකුණ) is a site with a ruined Buddhist temple loc…