Knuckles Mountain Range

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biodiversity hotspot mountain range protected area

Knuckles Mountain Range is a rugged, biodiverse highland massif in central Sri Lanka, renowned for its cloud forests, endemic wildlife, and scenic hiking trails.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Knuckles Mountain Range canonical 2
Knuckles Conservation Forest 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
accessRoute A26 Kandy–Mahiyanganaya road NERFINISHED ⓘ
roads via Matale and Rattota ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dumbara Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dumbara Kanduvetiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
biodiversityStatus high endemism ⓘ
climate tropical montane climate ⓘ
conservationStatus important catchment area ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ecoregion Sri Lanka montane rain forests NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymology named Knuckles by British surveyors because several peaks resemble the knuckles of a clenched fist ⓘ
fauna endemic amphibians ⓘ
endemic birds ⓘ
endemic reptiles ⓘ
feature cloud forests ⓘ
evergreen forests ⓘ
montane grasslands ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
flora endemic plant species ⓘ
highestElevationMetres 1906 ⓘ
highestPoint Gombaniya NERFINISHED ⓘ
importance key area for watershed protection in Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedIn Central Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kandy District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matale District NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Department of Forest Conservation of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
nearbyCity Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyTown Matale NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knuckles Conservation Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverSource Amban Ganga tributaries ⓘ
Kalu Ganga tributaries ⓘ
Mahaweli River tributaries ⓘ
terrainType rugged highland massif ⓘ
threat deforestation ⓘ
encroachment ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2010 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor birdwatching ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
trekking ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Central Province of Sri Lanka → hasLandmark → Knuckles Mountain Range ⓘ
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka → hasComponent → Knuckles Mountain Range ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knuckles Conservation Forest
Up-Country → hasLandmark → Knuckles Mountain Range ⓘ