Sinharaja Forest Reserve

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UNESCO World Heritage Site biosphere reserve protected area tropical rainforest

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a tropical rainforest in southwestern Sri Lanka renowned for its exceptional biodiversity and status as one of the country’s last remaining primary rainforests.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sinharaja Forest Reserve canonical 4
Sinharaja Man and the Biosphere Reserve 1
Sri Lanka Wet Zone 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
biosphere reserve ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
accessPoint Deniyaya ⓘ
Kudawa ⓘ
Pitadeniya ⓘ
area approximately 8,864 hectares ⓘ
approximately 88.64 square kilometres ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall over 3000 millimetres ⓘ
averageElevation about 300 to 1170 metres above sea level ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot true ⓘ
biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
designation Sinharaja Forest Reserve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sinharaja Man and the Biosphere Reserve
ecosystemType lowland rainforest ⓘ
faunaEndemismRate high proportion of endemic birds, mammals, and reptiles ⓘ
floraEndemismRate over 60 percent of tree species are endemic ⓘ
governingBody Department of Forest Conservation of Sri Lanka ⓘ
highestPoint Hinipitigala Peak ⓘ
importantFor conservation of Sri Lanka’s wet zone biodiversity ⓘ
soil conservation ⓘ
watershed protection ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor mixed-species bird flocks ⓘ
languageOfToponym Sinhala ⓘ
legalStatus strict nature reserve ⓘ
locatedIn Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Southern Province ⓘ
Southwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ
nameMeaning Lion King or Kingdom of the Lion in Sinhala ⓘ
notableFeature exceptional biodiversity ⓘ
high endemism of flora and fauna ⓘ
one of the last remaining primary rainforests in Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf Sri Lanka’s Central and Southwestern Rainforests ecoregion ⓘ
RamsarDesignationYear 2019 ⓘ
RamsarSite true ⓘ
region Sinharaja Forest Reserve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lanka Wet Zone
threat encroachment ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
small-scale gem mining in surrounding areas ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 405 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Lanka → hasWorldHeritageSite → Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ
Southern Province, Sri Lanka → containsProtectedArea → Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ
Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → contains → Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ
subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province
Sinharaja Forest Reserve → region → Sinharaja Forest Reserve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka Wet Zone
Sinharaja Forest Reserve → designation → Sinharaja Forest Reserve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinharaja Man and the Biosphere Reserve
Ratnapura → nearbyAttraction → Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ