Sri Lanka’s Central and Southwestern Rainforests ecoregion

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biodiversity hotspot terrestrial ecoregion tropical rainforest ecoregion

Sri Lanka’s Central and Southwestern Rainforests ecoregion is a biodiversity-rich tropical rainforest zone in southwestern Sri Lanka, home to high levels of endemism and protected areas such as the Sinharaja Forest Reserve.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sri Lanka lowland rain forests	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biodiversity hotspot ⓘ terrestrial ecoregion ⓘ tropical rainforest ecoregion ⓘ
biome	tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ⓘ
climateType	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
conservationPriority	high ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Knuckles Conservation Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Peak Wilderness Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinharaja Forest Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
dominantTreeType	broadleaf evergreen trees ⓘ
elevationRange	lowland to montane elevations ⓘ
formsPartOf	Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka Forest Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
harbors	endemic amphibians of Sri Lanka ⓘ endemic birds of Sri Lanka ⓘ endemic mammals of Sri Lanka ⓘ endemic plants of Sri Lanka ⓘ endemic reptiles of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dense canopy cover ⓘ high rainfall ⓘ multi-layered forest structure ⓘ
hasHighLevelOf	biodiversity ⓘ endemism ⓘ
hasKeySite	Sinharaja World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeasonality	year-round rainfall with weak dry season ⓘ
importantFor	climate regulation ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ watershed protection ⓘ
influencedBy	Southwest monsoon ⓘ
locatedIn	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
mainVegetationType	evergreen rainforest ⓘ montane cloud forest ⓘ
partOf	Sri Lanka lowland rainforests NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka montane rainforests ⓘ
recognizedAs	Global 200 ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	WWF NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	ecotourism activities ⓘ traditional forest-dependent communities ⓘ
threatenedBy	agricultural expansion ⓘ deforestation ⓘ habitat fragmentation ⓘ plantation development ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sinharaja Forest Reserve → partOf → Sri Lanka’s Central and Southwestern Rainforests ecoregion ⓘ

Indomalayan realm → includesEcoregion → Sri Lanka’s Central and Southwestern Rainforests ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lanka lowland rain forests