tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70119984346937312382024-08-30T08:54:39.261-07:00World Heritage Sites - Sri LankaMY WORLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09066464788561240842noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011998434693731238.post-75021335223700155042011-07-12T09:43:00.000-07:002011-07-12T09:43:32.885-07:00Central Highlands of Sri Lanka<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Central Highlands of Sri Lanka</span></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZyM_e_WJ_Jgrxd0o3BntINrYf0t3LMRIgibJkx1RnRNvRcjnMw47O7TxdzwfRDHrjrj3PpReaonQHnyv24fsuTQD5kzJ9axxEvuXKuVzt3AIMHUqJwRtRrMOSdMH0J_RlWU4Wo-mK3Y/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZyM_e_WJ_Jgrxd0o3BntINrYf0t3LMRIgibJkx1RnRNvRcjnMw47O7TxdzwfRDHrjrj3PpReaonQHnyv24fsuTQD5kzJ9axxEvuXKuVzt3AIMHUqJwRtRrMOSdMH0J_RlWU4Wo-mK3Y/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This site comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation Forest. <u style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>MY WORLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09066464788561240842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011998434693731238.post-73310501973933909832011-07-12T09:36:00.000-07:002011-07-12T09:36:48.378-07:00Sinharaja Forest Reserve<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: TA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u>Sinharaja Forest Reserve</u></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbRq4_PKMCafRhyABRGEaogi64nXVjEG4fNsrcRYCbkp6SUublhWuK_xUhkmZlDC25n-8ecBOhX5YPXf8gvzf47Uh1-DZnCnrTp-XfSwOCvL17dJNM6fq3HC1i-zZ6ZutFTAkPuoA8hU/s1600/1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbRq4_PKMCafRhyABRGEaogi64nXVjEG4fNsrcRYCbkp6SUublhWuK_xUhkmZlDC25n-8ecBOhX5YPXf8gvzf47Uh1-DZnCnrTp-XfSwOCvL17dJNM6fq3HC1i-zZ6ZutFTAkPuoA8hU/s1600/1" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: TA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcsG4O3ubHxZ-3aFERr8liLlLE2-I7ac0t-NWTliPg5q1XmDSF786r0BhFb5WKSVu6NNGJiLitom_AHk6DyuWTn_10ncZSwbY_3AYMz_SrlDgRT4taN01QdM3GeHhY9vJGo_uaeV6q3M/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcsG4O3ubHxZ-3aFERr8liLlLE2-I7ac0t-NWTliPg5q1XmDSF786r0BhFb5WKSVu6NNGJiLitom_AHk6DyuWTn_10ncZSwbY_3AYMz_SrlDgRT4taN01QdM3GeHhY9vJGo_uaeV6q3M/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: TA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">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 1989. The reserve's name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_aSWbRe2v8HbEwYfkVKLt8mZ0tx6Yx9RI-oGz9hID77JKyz4CGseyxlI7ed8HwI3L_74OuS-AD8c9jChFZXGwIXPS1QuiFSMLzXUQ_RXr0n_yUDCBaQQG5kHzqtdhbn4L-svejWC5r4/s1600/2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_aSWbRe2v8HbEwYfkVKLt8mZ0tx6Yx9RI-oGz9hID77JKyz4CGseyxlI7ed8HwI3L_74OuS-AD8c9jChFZXGwIXPS1QuiFSMLzXUQ_RXr0n_yUDCBaQQG5kHzqtdhbn4L-svejWC5r4/s1600/2" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The reserve is only 21 km from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.<u style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9yFWSsAlal0OScDBtkOlLX8uSLoi-YMPW5sandfTNn_1gHz9Q5IuhM8aWNT0Rw3kM3P7t6wLhE3kBIdpC05AZIiGZvRri7wfgZcnRyr2EQL-az8zgVxYFQ6aB67ZqNr2K9-qaqJtNys/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9yFWSsAlal0OScDBtkOlLX8uSLoi-YMPW5sandfTNn_1gHz9Q5IuhM8aWNT0Rw3kM3P7t6wLhE3kBIdpC05AZIiGZvRri7wfgZcnRyr2EQL-az8zgVxYFQ6aB67ZqNr2K9-qaqJtNys/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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