Sinharaja Forest Reserve
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Key facts
- Location
- Sabaragamuwa and Southern Provinces , Sri Lanka
- Nearest city
- Rakwana
- Area
- 88.64 km (34.22 sq mi)
- Established
- April, 1978
- Governing body
- Department of Forest Conservation
- Criteria
- Natural: ix, x
- Inscription
- 1988 (12th Session )
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Southern Province
- Area
- 8864
- Location
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Official website
- www.nps.gov/meve
- Image
- SL Sinharaja Forest asv2020-01 img08.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL
- www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=SRL+02&mode=all
- member of
- Man and the Biosphere Programme
- inception
- 1978-01-01
- fee
- 15
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Encyclopedic overview
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the last virgin Rainforest left in Sri Lanka. Home to many rare endemic flora and fauna, it has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Formed during the Jurassic period (from 200 to 145 million years ago), Sinharaja forest is the most dense rain forest in Asia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sinharaja Forest Reserve” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.