Sri Lanka Geography
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Sri Lanka will enamor you, it is that beautiful. Now that you have decided on your holiday in this island country, it will definitely interest you to know something more about its geography. The island is located in Southern Asia, in fact it can be labeled as a South East Asian country surrounded by the Indian Ocean. The total area of this island is 65, 610 square kilometers. The total water coverage is 870 square kilometers and total land coverage is 64, 740 square kilometers. Sri Lanka geography gives an insight in to how the island country is varied in terms of flora, fauna and other geographical details.
The island is in Indian Ocean, and lies to the southwest of Bay of Bengal and southeast of Arabian Sea. Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait separates it from Indian subcontinent. The coast of Sri Lanka is visible from Rameswaram in India. The island has a lush green cover in most areas of the island. In the southern central part, the island has mountains, though they are not as high as the Himalayas in India, the mountains do rise to a considerable height with the highest peak, Mount Pedro rising to 2,524 meters above sea level. Sri Lanka geography reveals that this island has a typical tropical climate and the whole year in general is hot and humid. However being surrounded by water has its perks, ocean winds bring in the moisture. The mean average temperature swings quite considerably from around sixteen degrees to thirty two degrees. But normally it steadies between twenty eight degrees to thirty degrees.
The island is in Indian Ocean, and lies to the southwest of Bay of Bengal and southeast of Arabian Sea. Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait separates it from Indian subcontinent. The coast of Sri Lanka is visible from Rameswaram in India. The island has a lush green cover in most areas of the island. In the southern central part, the island has mountains, though they are not as high as the Himalayas in India, the mountains do rise to a considerable height with the highest peak, Mount Pedro rising to 2,524 meters above sea level. Sri Lanka geography reveals that this island has a typical tropical climate and the whole year in general is hot and humid. However being surrounded by water has its perks, ocean winds bring in the moisture. The mean average temperature swings quite considerably from around sixteen degrees to thirty two degrees. But normally it steadies between twenty eight degrees to thirty degrees.
Sri Lanka has January as its coolest month and May as its hottest month. The western slopes of Central Highlands in Sri Lanka receive heavy rainfall but the leeward side or the leeward slope in the east and northeast receive scanty rainfall. Rice is cultivated covering a wide area and another very important cash crop is coconut.
