Sinharaja Forest

View of the vegetation of the Sinharaja Forest

One of the waterfalls in the reserve

Sinharaja Forest (also: Singharaja) is a tropical lowland rainforest in southwest Sri Lanka .

The Sinharaja- National Park has been one in 1988 to UNESCO - World Heritage is one of the last great forest regions of the island and the area is famous for its immense. Biodiversity and numerous endemic species .

The 6092-hectare forest is located on the geographical coordinates of 6 ° 22 '50 "  N , 80 ° 28' 14"  O coordinates: 6 ° 22 '50 "  N , 80 ° 28' 14"  O .

It is located at heights between 300 and 1170 meters above sea level (Hinipitigala Peak).

climate

The entire Sinharaja Forest Reserve has a tropical rainy climate (Af), but the temperatures vary, depending on the altitude, between 25 ° C during the day and around 18 ° C at night and 32 ° C during the day and 22 ° C at night. The precipitation is usually between 4000 and 5000 mm per year.

Sinharaja (600 m)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     191   27 21st     171   28 20th     237   28 21st     434   29 21st     695   29 23     610   28 22nd     390   27 22nd     424   27 22nd     553   27 22nd     562   28 21st     471   28 21st     272   28 21st Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: [1]

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Sinharaja (600 m) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 27.0 28.0 28.0 29.0 28.9 28.0 27.0 27.0 27.1 27.5 27.9 27.8 O 27.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 21.0 20.0 21.0 21.0 23.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 22.3 21.0 21.0 21.0 O 21.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 191 171 237 434 695 610 390 424 553 562 471 272 Σ 5.010 Source: [2]

Web links

Commons : Sinharaja Forest  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
• World Conservation Monitoring Center (English)
• Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka (English)
• WWW Virtual Library, Sri Lanka (English)
• Forestry and environment socitey, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (English)
• Map (english)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Sinharaja Forest Reserve. Retrieved on August 24, 2017 .