Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

E131239
World Heritage Site mountain range protected area

The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka are a mountainous region of exceptional biodiversity and scenic beauty, home to montane forests, endemic wildlife, and important tea-growing areas.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka canonical 24
Sri Lankan Highlands 4
Hill Country of Sri Lanka 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot yes ⓘ
biome tropical montane cloud forest ⓘ
climate cool wet montane climate ⓘ
contains Adam's Peak ⓘ
Pidurutalagala ⓘ
World’s End escarpment ⓘ
surface form: World's End escarpment

grassland ecosystems ⓘ
montane cloud forests ⓘ
submontane forests ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
governedBy Department of Wildlife Conservation (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form: Department of Wildlife Conservation of Sri Lanka

Department of Forest Conservation of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Forest Department of Sri Lanka
hasComponent Horton Plains National Park ⓘ
Knuckles Mountain Range ⓘ
surface form: Knuckles Conservation Forest

Peak Wilderness Protected Area ⓘ
hasEndemicFlora rhododendron ⓘ
surface form: Rhododendron arboreum subsp. zeylanicum

Strobilanthes species ⓘ
hasEndemicSpecies Sri Lanka blue magpie ⓘ
Sri Lanka bush warbler ⓘ
Sri Lanka frogmouth ⓘ
Sri Lanka whistling thrush ⓘ
Sri Lanka white-eye ⓘ
Sri Lankan leopard ⓘ
purple-faced langur ⓘ
highestPoint Pidurutalagala ⓘ
highestPointElevation_m 2524 ⓘ
isWatershedFor Kalu River ⓘ
Kelani River ⓘ
Mahaweli River ⓘ
Walawe River ⓘ
knownFor exceptional biodiversity ⓘ
high endemism ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
landUse cardamom cultivation ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
interior of Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf Central Highlands of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lanka montane rain forests ecoregion

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Highlands
threat climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2010 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Sri Lanka → hasWorldHeritageSite → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sinhalese people → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandyan massa → circulationArea → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: central highlands of Sri Lanka
Nayakkar dynasty → territory → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Udarata (Up-Country) → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: Udarata
Kandy → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hill Country of Sri Lanka
Central Province of Sri Lanka → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Uva Province of Sri Lanka → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: Uva Province
Sinhalese → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Highlands
Pidurutalagala → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Mahaweli River → sourceRegion → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Mahaweli River → sourceRegion → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan central highlands
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Highlands
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka montane rain forests ecoregion
Lowland Sri Lanka → contrastedWith → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan highlands
Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandyan kings → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandyan Wars → significantPlace → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
House of Dinajara (Kandyan royal line) → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Dinajara
Kannasamy Nayaka → regionRuled → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Up-Country → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Up-Country → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Highlands
Up Country → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Up Country → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Hill Country
Matale → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan hill country
Kandyan architecture → developedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kandyan Highlands
Kandyan aristocracy → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha → regionRuled → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Queen Subbamma Nayak → region → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya → locatedOn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Highlands
Nuwara Eliya → locatedInMountainRange → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Badulla → partOf → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Uva → locatedIn → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Senasammata Vikramabahu → regionRuled → Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ