Sinharaja forest

   Sinharaja forest is a forest reserve and a biodiversity hotspot in sri lanka.It is of international significance and has been designated a biosphere reserve and world heritage site by UNESCO.

      Accroding to International Union for Conservation of Nature Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest.More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them are considered rare.50% of Sri lankan's endemics species of animale .It is home to 95% endemic birds.

       The hilly virgin rainforest,part of the Sri lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion,was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility,and was designated a world Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988.

        Sinharaja Forest Reserve covers most of the kalu ganga basin and a small part of northern Gin Ganga,most of the forest ,60% is contained Within the borders of Rathnapura District.The other parts include Galle District with 20% and Kaluthara District with 20%.

        Surrounded in dense fog,the dangerous,dark and mysterious Sinharaja forest is steeped in deep legend and mystery.The word Sinharaja means lion king or kingdom and a popular folk legend has it that a legendary lion lived in this protected forest.

      



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