Geography of Sri Lanka

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•  0-30Meters from the sea level
• The length of coastal belt is 1605km.
• Beautiful Sandy Beaches
• Coastal lagoons
• Natural Harbors and ancient ports
• Palm trees are very common

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• High dense of growth of vegetations.
• Rain forests can be seen 
• Sinharaja Rain forest , Kaneliya Rainforest, Kottawa Rainforest
• Eastern and southeastern get less rain comparatively.
• Residual mountains, Marshy lands, wetlands 

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• Pidurutalagala (Mount Pedro) 2524M.
• Kirigalpoththa 2396M.
• Thotupola 2357M.
• Samanala (Sreepada, Adams peak) 2344M.
• Kikilimana 2240M.

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